Douglas Alexander Quotes

The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.

Douglas Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PositiveDemocracyPartnershipValues

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

John Berryman

FearTravelDirectionMustOur

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

Jerome Cady

FearYellowQuitNothingHimOnly

Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.

Max von Sydow

PeopleKnowWhyScarePerhaps

To be successful in football, you have to do things that put the team first. Everyone has to play their role, and if they don't do it, you're not going to win.

Robert Kraft

FootballTeamWinYouPlayFirst

In my life, I have met astonishingly good people.

Ann Patchett

LifeGoodPeopleGood PeopleMy Life

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

Robbie Robertson

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If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something.

Rupert Murdoch

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I never thought that I would treasure doing my job, and I have reached that point. I've gotten to a point where it's like the priesthood: this is what I was called to do.

Diane S. Sykes

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I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.

Dean Norris

JobActingTroubleNeverFirstOut

Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about gender or are quick to dismiss the problems of gender. Because thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

WomenMenPeopleProblemsThinking

You know, 'Jake 2.0' had some funny things in it; I mean, I needed my sense of humor to do that part.

Christopher Gorham

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Man comes not from an egg but from an animalcule that is found in male sperm.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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