Douglas Alexander Quotes

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

Douglas Alexander

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When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.

Andrea Bocelli

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A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.

John Lothrop Motley

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My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day.

Michael Gambon

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There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

Rose Byrne

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It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats.

Robert Torricelli

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I am a woman, therefore I am a problem solver.

Roseanne Barr

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I was 15 when my family moved to Jidda from Britain in 1982. Living in Saudi Arabia was such a shock to my system that I like to say I was traumatized into feminism.

Mona Eltahawy

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Words are the small change of thought.

Jules Renard

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I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.

Christy Turlington

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I feel like everyone has a preference. You have women who don't like shorter guys. You have women who like taller guys. You have women who like heavier men. You have women who like smaller men. It's the same thing with men. You have men who prefer lighter women and men who prefer darker women.

Sevyn Streeter

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But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

Rick Perry

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Nothing really shocks me anymore.

Nikki Glaser

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