Alex Breckenridge (Alexandra Hetherington Breckenridge) Quotes
I've always been drawn to playing characters that are a completely the opposite of myself.Alex Breckenridge
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
Samuel Butler -
The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
M. J. Rose -
Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
Forest Whitaker -
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
C. L. R. James -
I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
Rachel Boston -
Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!
Saffron Burrows
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I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.
Pat Burns -
Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
Walt Mossberg -
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
G. Gordon Liddy -
As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
Laura Carmichael -
Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
Yael Naim -
The Law of God in the Christian religion is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ.
Randall Terry
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.
Padgett Powell -
Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.
Hal Sparks -
We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
Baltasar Gracian -
Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.
Oksana Baiul -
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
B. F. Skinner
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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
Ice T -
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
Federico Fellini -
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell; I know right now you can't tell; But stay a while and maybe then you'll see; A different side of me.
Rob Thomas Matchbox Twenty -
I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
Olivia Colman -
My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21.
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark -
I've always been drawn to playing characters that are a completely the opposite of myself.
Alex Breckenridge