Alexei Sayle Quotes
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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If the day comes where I can have my own action figure... I defy any actor to say that's not a good day.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
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I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
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The reality is that we know that this universe, that our galaxy, has billions of stars. We know that stars have planets. So the likelihood that there is life somewhere else to me is just absolutely there.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.
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I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.
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Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how economically distressed a large percentage of our populace is.
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There is a water soluble sugar that is in beans called oligosaccharides, and they are indigestible by human beings. They ferment during the digestion process, and hence, you have gas.
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Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction that he is wiser and more intelligent than his readers.
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I want people to hear the presence of God in the music.
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The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
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I'm distinct, really.
