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.
Quotes to Explore
-
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.
-
Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
-
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.
-
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
-
Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
-
Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
-
I just don't think men fancy me.
-
I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
-
The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
-
Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
-
English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
-
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.
-
If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
-
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
-
A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
-
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
-
The best job in the world, ... I love to entertain, so every time I do it, I'm chasing the balls, so to speak. People always greet me with a smile, and within seconds we're all laughing together.
-
I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.
-
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
-
I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.
-
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.
