Alec Guinness Quotes
There seems to be no end to the senseless wickedness done on this little planet in a minor solar system, and we puny mortals appear to be decreasing in importance so far as the universe is concerned.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal immigrants and give pardons to criminals who were perhaps a little less rehabilitated than he had imagined.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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I will be the last person to condemn ALF the Animal Liberation Front.
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Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something.
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I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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When I was five years old, I told my parents that I wanted to take ballet. So, ballet was the focus of my life... until puberty. Then I discovered boys and started dating a guy with a mohawk who'd come to my ballet class and freak everybody out. Shortly after that is when I quit.
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There seems to be no end to the senseless wickedness done on this little planet in a minor solar system, and we puny mortals appear to be decreasing in importance so far as the universe is concerned.
