Alexandra Kosteniuk Quotes
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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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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Everything new endangers something old. A new machine replaces human hands; a new source of power threatens old businesses; a new trade route wipes out the supremacy of old ports and brings prosperity to new ones. This is the price that must be paid for progress and it is worth it.
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Whoever has overthrown an existing law of custom has always first been accounted a bad man: but when, as did happen, the law could not afterwards be reinstated and this fact was accepted, the predicate gradually changed; - history treats almost exclusively of these bad men who subsequently became good men!
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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
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Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.
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Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both Republicans and Democrats have come to the conclusion that democracy is something that countries can only come to on their own.
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You have to win something for people to think about you.
