Alexa Chung Quotes
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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We're trying to always expand Smosh and make Smosh a big thing.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.
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Vikings were pretty brutal, but also very educated people. They were salesmen, businessmen who started raiding when business wasn't good. That's why they had such great boats.
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The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.
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One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
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I want to be part of the storytelling that educates people and awakens a sense of compassion in other people of the kind of people they don't encounter in their daily lives very frequently.
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I try to treat writing as part of my daily routine: I write for at least two hours, five days per week. I tend to write at home, in a room I've set aside for the task. I don't work well in cafes or busy, loud spaces, although I wish I could. It would mean greater flexibility for me.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.
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I'd like to give anyone else a go at being scrutinised. Daily. It's not easy.
