Alexander Payne Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.
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My '24' death obviously sent Jack Bauer into a huge downward spiral.
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God can take anything we have, as long as we give Him the glory for it. He can develop it and make it acceptable in music for the people.
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I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?
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It's a great opportunity for Clyde and David to have a really good off-season and be right to play next year. David hasn't had an off-season since he turned professional so we've got to allow him to get back to full health.
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I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
