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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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.
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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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Buying food from farmers and people that I know adds that human element that I love.
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We believed that there's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is art. If it's bad, it's something else. It was a much, much harder line in the '50s and '60s than it is now, because the idea of art education didn't exist - they didn't have a fine arts program when I was a kid.
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So knuckle down. Get your book written. Get your life sorted.
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I'm distinct, really.
