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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We can't continue to kick the can when it comes to the fiscal state of this country.
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I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.
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I have never read a line of Walt Whitman.
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I keep an ongoing list of my fifty favorite books, which I recalibrate whenever I discover a new one that seems to demand a spot there.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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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.
