Douglas Alexander Quotes

Labour's task for government is to build consent for an outward-looking Britain as the best way to advance not just our interests, but also our values at a time of challenge, both at home and abroad.

Douglas Alexander

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I wasn't on 'You Really Got Me,' but I did play on the Kinks' records.

Jimmy Page

MeYouPlayGotRecordsDid

Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.

Jim Cooper

PresidentFirstOfficeOverSingle

As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular level, we will be able to predict with more accuracy how it will evolve.

Jennifer Doudna

UnderstandingAccuracyWillPredict

I think that, as a person, Beethoven talks to everyone in different ways.

Andris Nelsons

ThinkPersonEveryoneDifferentWays

There will be no cost drag from digital by 2020.

John L. Flannery

WillDigitalCostDrag

When I became commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force, I was leading thousands of individuals, from Special Forces to the broader interagency effort. I quickly realized that while we had the most best and most effective operators and small teams in the world, we were unable to scale.

Stanley A. McChrystal

BestEffortWorldSmallSpecial

I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.

Steven Wright

LaughFriendsAttentionNeverAlways

I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling.

Travis Kalanick

ThinkEngineersBuildStorytelling

'On the Road' completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life.

Rupert Friend

LifeRoadYouWayChangedYour

If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn't eat there anymore. As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it.

Mike Pence

RestaurantDiscriminationGayPerson

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

Judd Apatow

PeopleAdmireAlwaysSeeOtherThem

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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