Alex Kapranos Quotes

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

Alex Kapranos

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Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

Steve Buscemi

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Yeltsin was admirable but flawed, noble but tainted, but in his own negligent grandeur, he undermined his own real achievements - and accelerated their ruin.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.

Tony Gwynn

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The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.

Robin Williams

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We tend to think of human trafficking as a foreign issue, not something that could happen here in our own back yards. But it's a fast-growing problem in the United States, in every area, with no real defined demographic.

Lori Foster

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I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks.

Judy Gold

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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Brendan Behan

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Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.

Bonnie Hunt

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It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.

Bruce Forsyth

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The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

Antony Beevor

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What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there's possibly some connection between aliens and golf.

Alice Cooper

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There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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