Art Alexakis Quotes
I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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Through Heaven's Gate and Back speaks to all of us that have been abused as children. Lee Thornton's descriptions of the aftereffects of repeated trauma and a profound Near-Death Experience (NDE) are not only true but explained in a way that the reader can take in. It is rare to find a book so well written that it has both sexual abuse and an NDE under one cover. We definitely will be recommending this book to our patients.
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Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.
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I love the 'Percy Jackson' movies. That was my big break. I love the people I worked with. It was a really magical experience for me.
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I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.
