Alex Berenson Quotes
I think in some ways what Snowden is, is he's a mix of a cold war spy novel and post-9/11 spy novel.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
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I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!
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I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.
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In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic.
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Now I have the voice of a 16-year-old. I'm looking for a doctor who could give me the body of a 16-year-old.
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Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong.
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I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.'
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When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.
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Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.
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To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.
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I think in some ways what Snowden is, is he's a mix of a cold war spy novel and post-9/11 spy novel.
