Alexis Wright Quotes
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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I hate competition.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Excellence always sells.
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I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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You want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. It's that simple. … They're pretty fearful. In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now.
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Where love is there is no labor; and if there be labor, that labor is loved.
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You can move through life seeing nothing as a miracle, or seeing everything as a miracle.
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But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
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My world has been quite rich in my life, and I've been happy. I've no regrets.
