Alex O'Loughlin Quotes
The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.
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We're charlatans in a way, we're magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style, I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they'll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you.
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The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.
