Alexandra Chando Quotes
I lived on my own when I was living in New York City when I was 18, working on a show. And that definitely kind of grows you up a little faster than a normal 18-year-old in college, so I think so. I think I've got some street smarts.

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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out.
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The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is something in need of musical setting.
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I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.
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You don't just wake up one day with dementia or Alzheimer's; these conditions are developmental. Even when a problem triggers the need to collect data, it's reviewed by a specialist and filed away. There's no central repository allowing information to be shared across a multitude of researchers worldwide.
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When I was growing up, I heard horror stories about producers losing their houses overnight. No matter who the family is, hearing of them getting evicted is very sad.
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I lived on my own when I was living in New York City when I was 18, working on a show. And that definitely kind of grows you up a little faster than a normal 18-year-old in college, so I think so. I think I've got some street smarts.