Douglas Alexander Quotes
One of the big weaknesses of the Conservative Party is not just their ignorance of and lack of effective response to the cost-of-living crisis but a more fundamental error about what makes for success in the 21st century.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
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The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.
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I'm speaking totally for myself and I'm not speaking for the Republican Party and I'm not speaking for anybody in the House of Representatives but myself, but I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it's a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown.
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The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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One of the big weaknesses of the Conservative Party is not just their ignorance of and lack of effective response to the cost-of-living crisis but a more fundamental error about what makes for success in the 21st century.