Alicia Silverstone Quotes
My attention since 'Clueless' has been on family, relationships, activism, the planet, and my career.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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Justice is revenge.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
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Just very practically, pastors need to be careful that while they have a right to call people to absolute allegiance to the Word of God, we don't have the right to call people to absolute allegiance to our programs or every ministry we have at the church.
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It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.
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Before people break the law, they need strong families - adult authority figures and the love of the family. When they step over the line, I'm a Tory. I believe in tough responses, in the law coming down on people like a ton of bricks.
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My attention since 'Clueless' has been on family, relationships, activism, the planet, and my career.
