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It was just awful. It was the bottom of my life. Thank God I didn't do any drugs or drink at the time, because if I did, I would have been a mess.


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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Qui se humilliat exaltabitur
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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA All sorrows are less with bread.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body,
That of the sou...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Give the devil his due
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.
ALEX GREY Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.
ALEX MORGAN I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in ...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I like playing the villain.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case ...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they w...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I e...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romantic...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy tha...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture...
ALEX BERENSON When I'm 70 or 80, I'm still going to be doing good climbs. It's going to be fun to the ...
ALEX LOWE The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, e...
ALEX KAPRANOS If it's not messy and it doesn't drip over the sides, it's not a holiday hot chocolate -...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fa...
ALEX BERENSON Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcas...
ALEX BERENSON I've been humbled by the reception I've received everywhere.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I feel like a princess with a knife. I've wanted to be an Iron Chef forever.
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoh...
ALEX FERGUSON The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade di...
ALEX BERENSON On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,...
ALEX BERENSON Before Jason Bourne, before Jack Ryan, there was Bond, James Bond, the original two-dimensional, wor...
ALEX BERENSON If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a...
ALEX STEFFEN What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and...
ALEX STEFFEN I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you ...
ALEX EBERT I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the...
ALEX CAMPBELL The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
ALEX TURNER I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God ha...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patroniz...
ALEX KINGSTON The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to de...
ALEX FERGUSON It stuns me how effective children can be in their messaging, and I believe that every child should ...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI