Alec Baldwin Quotes

People don't understand this: if you want to have a really good shot at succeeding, there are doors you have to slam in people's faces and say, 'This is my priority, and you can't depend on me to help you.' I was never good at that.

Alec Baldwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 3, 1958

Topics

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Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.

John David Washington

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I'm always a fan of a good horror film.

Andre Braugher

GoodHorrorAlwaysFilmFan

I've resigned myself to the fact that the world needs clowns, too, and I was born to be one of them. And it is an important role in our society to play.

Matt Letscher

MyselfWorldSocietyBornPlayRole

Our world was Northern, black and white, so it was a great thing for my sisters and me to sit down at Christmastime and watch these fabulous MGM musicals. All that color, all those beautiful costumes.

Tracie Bennett

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When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.

Robert Zoellick

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I got the 'I don't want the normal job' bug. At home, we have countless career advisors who would tell us to work in department stores and stay below the bar and not overreach our grasp. I didn't believe any of them.

Rupert Friend

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When we got ready to ship out Firefox 1.0, the last set of things we did was to make it appealing to a consumer, to add the polish of a world-class product to it.

Mitchell Baker

ShipReadyProductOutThingsLast

I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar.

Mo Rocca

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My family always ate dinner at the table, and we would chat about our day while eating. My parents like to have a few glasses of wine and linger after the meal is over, peeling oranges for dessert while talking. It's lovely.

Lisa Hanawalt

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I'm definitely happy and appreciate all the love everyone's given to me.

Desiigner

LoveHappyMeAppreciateEveryone

If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible things, and they get up every morning, and they try to do their best.

Deborah Ellis

MorningBestPeopleWritingMeet

I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

Bozoma Saint John

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