Alison Goldfrapp Quotes
I try to read as much as I can - all the time, really. And I absolutely love going to the cinema, especially during the day.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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From a distance, the American political system is a remarkable success. We have accomplished the peaceful transfer of power for more than two hundred years, and that's unmatched by any civilization in human history. Up close, our political system still has all the ugliness and bad actors that you might suspect.
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About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series.
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I try to read as much as I can - all the time, really. And I absolutely love going to the cinema, especially during the day.
