Alex Gibney Quotes
I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don't want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.
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I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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Guys don't like girls that throw themselves at them. That's something that I've learned.
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I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.
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Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.
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I'm not formal and I'm impatient. So I think my team would say that when she starts tapping her pen and the leg starts moving quickly, that it's time to move on. I'm not good at long, drawn-out kinds of sessions.
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I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.
