Alek Wek Quotes
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Death is better than slavery.
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Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
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To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.
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Culture follows power.
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At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!
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Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
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Diversity is really a richness for mankind.
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I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.
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Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.
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Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
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Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.
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Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.
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I'm drinking lots of rum and popping pinks and greys.
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The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens … Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.
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Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
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It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.
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The bigger the darkness, the easier it is to spot your little light.
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Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us.
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And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love, its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice.
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Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.
