Alistair Petrie Quotes
I really love all sport. I watch sports when I can, but when push comes to show, I think I know it's entertainment.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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Stand outside De Eland, on the Berenstraat Bridge over the Prinsengracht, and you see what real Amsterdam life is like.
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Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.
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People come up to me all the time. If I'm with friends or in a crowd, I'm fine, but if I'm by myself, I get afraid because people are nuts.
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It's fascinating, isn't it, that whereas so many of our statues have been of military leaders, now it may well be sports stars who are the ones more likely to be so honored.
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I really love all sport. I watch sports when I can, but when push comes to show, I think I know it's entertainment.
