Lexa Doig Quotes
I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me.
Quotes to Explore
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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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 believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.
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My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
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Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.
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I try to keep my professional life and my actual kid social life separate.
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The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
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I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!
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I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me.
