Sarah Alexander Quotes

My father was a television director and producer, working on documentaries and current affairs programmes including 'Panorama,' and I didn't think he'd find acting a sensible option. But as soon as I'd finished my A-levels, I got on a train to Edinburgh, and that was it.

Sarah Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 3, 1971

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I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.

Jennifer Egan

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On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.

Robert Musil

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Everything about a date is weird, especially if it's a new person you don't really know. You want to take them somewhere you think they're going to like, but you don't want to ask that question because you want to look like you're in control of the situation. So I think dates are just weird in general.

Matt Cohen

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I'm always reading a novel. If it's good, I remember why I love my job.

Alvaro Enrigue

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Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Joshua Reynolds

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At the end of the day, I think people are starting to realize that if you say you stand for equality, it has to be equality across the board. It can't just be equality for people who look like me, are my gender, think or love like me. It has to be equality for everybody.

Jason Winston George

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I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

Dick Murphy

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I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

Derek Jeter

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People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

Donald Sadoway

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I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait.

Christina Hendricks

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I don't watch that much television.

Bob Newhart

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As much as I love acting, I just want to be a healthy person.

Brie Larson

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