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As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I'd lead an effort to defend the symbol of the Republican Party. But when I saw the cruelty that Ringling inflicts on elephants every day across the country, I had to speak up.

~Alec Baldwin

Topics: Across Country Cruelty Day Defend Democrat Effort Elephants Every Every Day Had Lead Lifelong Never Party Republican Republican Party Saw Speak Symbol Thought Up

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I think, unfortunately, everything is becoming about comfort, you know? A comfortable way to tell a story. The comfortable way, so that the audience will never be lost. A comfortable way to produce a film with green screens or without a lot of physical effort or losing control because of the weather or physical locations.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: About Audience Because Becoming Comfort Comfortable Control Effort Everything Film Green Know Locations Losing Lost Lot Never Physical Produce Screens Story Tell Think Unfortunately Way Weather Will Without You I Think

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For me, surrealism is in my blood; it's not an effort.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Blood Effort Me Surrealism

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Some BuzzFeed articles are written by smart people who use complete sentences. Some of the disposable lists are witty and appear to have taken some effort to put together.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Appear Articles Complete Disposable Effort Lists People Put Sentences Smart Smart People Some Taken Together Use Who Witty Written

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Retaining culture takes effort and persistence and discipline. It's a commitment, not a flag. You can't just pull it out and wave it about when it's convenient.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: About Commitment Convenient Culture Discipline Effort Flag Just Out Persistence Pull Retaining Takes Wave You

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It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an effort, but not go overboard.

~Alexandra Roach

Topics: Effort Go Important Make Over Over It Overboard Statement You Yourself

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Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

~Alexis Carrel

Topics: Effort Everyone Greater Help Himself Hurt Makes Other People Than

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To be a poet is as serious, long-term and natural as the effort to be the best human you can be. To express something well is not a question of having a top-class education and understanding poetic forms: rather, it's a question of paying attention.

~Alice Oswald

Topics: Attention Best Education Effort Express Forms Having Human Long-Term Natural Paying Poet Poetic Question Rather Serious Something Understanding Well You

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Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.

~Allen Ginsberg

Topics: Art Community Effort Flesh Fortunately Interpret Living Select Small Wars World

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In 'Bunny,' I have got my dialogues - almost 80 per cent of my shots were okayed in a single take. I did put in effort and did a lot of homework.

~Allu Arjun

Topics: Almost Bunny Cent Did Effort Got Homework Lot Per Put Shots Single Take Were

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