Eddie Alvarez Quotes
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
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Justice is revenge.
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Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God.
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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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If I can go out there and be everywhere on the field, that's what I can control.
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There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.
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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 didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
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Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
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When you're on top, you're on top.
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This is nourishing, redemptive; we become less alone inside.
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I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.
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I was a campaign widow.
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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.
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I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.
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I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys.
