Alec Waugh Quotes
To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man's idea of heaven.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.
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The Law of God in the Christian religion is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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I think it's not really difficult to write about love. We've been saying the same thing over and over for so many years. But it depends on how honest it is and how good you make it feel. You can say 'I love you' in a trillion ways, and it can always sound different or feel different.
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Empowering women with greater income opportunities will lift societies at a much faster rate.
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I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.
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Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.
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I could have quite literally snogged until the cows came home. And when they came home I would have shouted, "WHAT HAVE YOU COWS COME HOME FOR? CAN'T YOU SEE I'M SNOGGING, YOU STUPID HERBIVORES???
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To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man's idea of heaven.
