Alexandra Maria Lara Quotes
No matter what happens to me and my career in the future, Berlin is always going to be my hometown.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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My mum wants me to get married - and have children, of course. She's met Gaga; we've been dating a while. We're in a committed relationship, and I'm really happy in my relationship. I'm a very lucky guy. As far as having more of a domestic life and settling down into my relationship, we have to see what happens.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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Love to me, God, this is so difficult... To me, love is when you meet that person and you think, 'This is it, this is who I'm supposed to be with.'
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People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
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I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.
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I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.
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The future is a matter of contempt for those with courage. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
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No matter what happens to me and my career in the future, Berlin is always going to be my hometown.
