- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their aggression - but women? I've been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I'm blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Put it this way, I'm a romantic, emotional guy that lives and breathes football and believes in fairytale stories; 'Rocky,' things like that.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to high school every single day in an all-male Jesuit school at McQuaid with short hair, no beard, suit jacket, tie.
- Goes
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- Nov 07, 2020
As humanity goes online, it's becoming an extremely advanced, large-scale processing unit.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I experimented with sound design was on 'Fruitvale Station,' where I recorded the BART train and manipulated it.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale for Gordon Brown's 'fiscal stimulus' and it sounds like a good one to me.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I could, I'd change the way I came up through the football ranks. I'd love to have had an academy life the way the boys have it. I think female footballers would be so much better for having that opportunity, and we'd be more effective because we would be better players.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the very beginning, I had a lot of female role models in music. I would go to shows, and there were always women fronting bands and playing guitar or backing up and playing drums or bass in a band. That probably contributed to my belief in myself to go out and perform for people.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020