Alexis Wright Quotes

When the world changed, people were different. Towns closed, cities were boarded up, communities abandoned, their governments collapsed. They seemed to have no qualms that were obvious to you or me about walking away from what they called a useless pile of rubbish, and never looking back.

Alexis Wright

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I have such a girl-crush on Reese Witherspoon. I would love to do a comedy with her.

Jenna Dewan

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I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

John Krasinski

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I do believe in that thing about the reading audience being very important to the formation of the novel at its birth.

John Lanchester

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Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

Anna Deavere Smith

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The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to abusing states. As a result, human rights conventions are unique among international law instruments in depending for their enforcement mostly on the activism of a global civil society movement.

Michael Ignatieff

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It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.

Stan Wawrinka

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Everyone knows the game is about the players.

Mike Quade

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It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

Jason Statham

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I'm just an ordinary judge from California.

Joseph Wapner

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I'm not a singer. I've sung in character, but it's just not my thing.

Josh Pais

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It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design.

Christian Siriano

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I don't have the same knack for the business end that my old man did. Recruiting people has been tough. I don't envy anyone in that spot, especially some of the great non-WWE promoters like 'Evolves' Gabe Sapolsky, Beyond Wrestling's Drew Cordeiro, or Markus Mac at All Pro Wrestling.

Cody Rhodes

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