Alex Gibney Quotes
Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
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If nobody recognizes you, if nobody cares, it's easier to avoid getting carried away. That's way harder if you're a famous artist.
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Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them.
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When people fear surveillance, whether it exists or not, they grow afraid to speak their minds and hearts freely to their government or to anyone else.
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Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.
