Alex Newell Quotes
I grew up about 30 minutes north of Boston in a town that was a virtual melting pot - I was exposed to all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, fueling my personal interests in global issues.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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I don't look at myself as a Scream Queen, and I don't plan on continuing on this genre route. If anything, I want to go very different places.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.
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I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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It's funny because the perception is that the typical 'X Factor' contestant is the person who's just working 9 to 5 and just decides to one day go and audition. So yeah, for me, it was a very different story.
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I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.
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As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the other, unless I commit perjury, which I certainly don't intend to do. We must cherish the Constitution to the last.
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When I was a kid in New York I used to go to the zoo. I always liked the zoo. I grew up within walking distance of the Bronx Zoo. And then when my first two children were young, I used to take them to the zoo. Zoos are always interesting. And I make pictures.
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I think I'm going to do a workout tape called 'Hand to God to Abs of Steel.'
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People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do.
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To do eight shows a week saying exactly the same lines, you have to be obsessively perfecting it or utterly mindless.
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I grew up about 30 minutes north of Boston in a town that was a virtual melting pot - I was exposed to all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, fueling my personal interests in global issues.
