Alexandra Bracken Quotes
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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There are dodgy characters in Bitcoin. But there are dodgy characters in cash, too.
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.
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When one is the type of writer who cares about the meaning of the historically specific setting, the history itself is not something that I would call backdrop. It's not window dressing for a timeless relationship about love and betrayal. For me, the setting and the specific history are active co-agents with me in trying to form the novel.
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Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.
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Whereas the future had once beckoned with many intriguing paths, now there was just one impossible route. So it was into the past, with its rich sedimentary layers, that my mind would go instead.
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We are all protective over the things we love.
