Alex Gibney Quotes
When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin Laden, then we will be more prone to accept the view that a good 'end' can justify brutal 'means.'
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Emily’s chestnut-colored hair was thick and shiny as silk floss-an extraordinary female endowment. But like most female endowments, it was generally more trouble than it was worth.
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Dance has been a big passion for me.
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I could spend all my time on a plane visiting multiple countries, and I would never visit enough.
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on the question 'Why selecting certain subjects over others': I do not exactly know, unless it is that I believe them his chosen subjects to be the best mediums for a synthesis of my inner experience.
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I moved on to a nursing agency as a receptionist just to get a job, and ended up managing it, which led to me opening my own - say your mom is sick and needs someone to help her, then you call something like what I had: a home health agency.
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When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin Laden, then we will be more prone to accept the view that a good 'end' can justify brutal 'means.'
