Alexa Hirschfeld Quotes
I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
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Britain's passion for Christmas and huge white weddings dates from Victorian times - both were low-key celebrations before Victoria and her PR machine.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.
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My education was very tough.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.
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Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.
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Laws are getting passed in states like Alabama that basically would punish American citizens who are 'harboring' people. Since the federal government hasn't been able to muster or to get comprehensive immigration reform passed, states are taking it upon themselves to police and enforce laws.
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Our eyes are always flashing sudden flicks of different pictures to our brains, yet none of that saccadic action leads to any sense of change or motion in the world; each thing reposes calmly in its 'place'! ...What makes us such innate Copernicans?
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The scientist and engineers who are building the future need the poets to make sense of it.
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Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.
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I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.
