Alice Foote MacDougall Quotes
Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.
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When a street musician lowered his violin to inquire, 'Hey lovely, what you got there?' she said, 'Musicians who ask questions,' and kept on dragging.
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I only have one job, and that's being a storyteller.
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It's the greatest thing that ever happened in my life, my son.
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Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.
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Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.
