Aliases Quotes

• If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

  Victor Garber

  Silly, Mean, Know How

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.

  Victor Garber

  Strong, Team, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.

  Augustus William Hare

  Children, Self, Facts

  Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.161

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• I'm an impatient guy and tend not to like to stay with one thing for a long time. I'll never be able to write as many scripts as I did for "Felicity" or "Alias" ever again. I'm just too impatient these days. I want to get on to the next project.

  J. J. Abrams

  Writing, Long, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression exists, an awareness that the victim has fallen from a great height of glory or promise into the present depths; secondly, the victim must know who the enemy is. He must know his oppressor's real name, not an alias, a pseudonym, or a nom de plume!

  Chinua Achebe

  Real, Mean, Names

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “The Education of a British-Protected Child”, p.67, Penguin UK

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• I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'

  Rachel Nichols

  Weapons, Stuff, Firsts

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• ..Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases) is really "preparation energy". It's getting you ready to excel, to succeed, to do your best and to learn the most.

  Peter McWilliams

  Fear, Anxiety, Feelings

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• Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice.

  Thomas Sowell

  Envy, Justice, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I feel lucky, though, because even when 'Alias' was popular, I was still sent scripts against type. I've never felt like the world only sees me one way. But yes, it's been really fun to be bad.

  Jennifer Garner

  Fun, Lucky, World

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• Not only was Dan Cooper likely an alias, but many people suspected at the time were people living under assumed names. The '50s and '60s were a time when some people were desperate to leave their lives. They felt trapped in their marriages or their jobs, and they were seeking freedom. And one of the ways to do that, because technology wasn't advanced as it is today, was just to take over somebody's name.

  Geoffrey Gray

  Jobs, Technology, Names

  "Will Don Draper Become D.B. Cooper? A Skyjacking Expert Weighs In". Interview with Julia Turner, www.slate.com. April 16, 2014.

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• I've been involved in activities with other people who were put in jail. We were protesting the closing of the prison farm program at the prison I used in a previous book, Alias Grace. Some of us also put up money in order to save the heirloom herd of cows there. So I own half a cow!

  Margaret Atwood

  Book, Order, Jail

  "Margaret Atwood Remixes Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a Prison Drama". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September, 2016.

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• When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness.

  Joseph Brodsky

  Eye, Body, Failing

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• What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it.

  Stephen Birmingham

  Success, Assuming, Known

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• Police in Texas arrested a man who was using the alias 'Barack Obama' while trying to steal money from 35 ATMs. They could tell something was up when a guy named Barack Obama was trying to take money from banks instead of giving it to them.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Men, Texas, Giving

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• The Mafia and crime bosses of this world are amateurs compared to this syndicate, ruled by the prince of darkness and the master of deception who wears many disguises and has many aliases.

  Adrian Rogers

  Boss, Darkness, Deception

  Adrian Rogers (2002). “The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority: Getting an Upper Hand on the Underworld”, p.2, B&H Publishing Group

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• The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down the street me, in a town of less than four hundred people. *We've met.* Now, he takes me to jail, and he asks me if I have any aliases. And I was just being a smartass, and I said, "Yeah. They call me, "Tater Salad!" Seventeen years later, I'm handcuffed on a bench in New York with blood coming out of my nose, and this cop goes, "Are you Ron 'Tater Salad' White?"

  Ron White

  Funny, Mean, Doors

  "Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches.

  Jon Landau

  Greatness, Expression, Discipline

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• What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it.

  Stephen Birmingham

  Like Love, Holy Grail, Rewards

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• But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world as in my tyme. But age, alias! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith. Lat go, farewel! the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namoore to telle; The bren, as I best kan, now most I selle.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Age, World, Als

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• For it is unknown what is the real nature of the soul, whether it be born with the bodily frame or be infused at the moment of birth, whether it perishes along with us, when death separates the soul and body, or whether it visits the shades of Pluto and bottomless pits, or enters by divine appointment into other animals.

  Lucretius

  Real, Animal, Soul And Body

  "De Rerum Natura". Book by Lucretius, I. 113,

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• The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched multiple times, revealing new nuances and shadings on the third viewing. Meanwhile, the Web has created a forum for annotation and commentary that allows more complicated shows to prosper, thanks to the fan sites where each episode of shows like 'Lost' or 'Alias' is dissected with an intensity usually reserved for Talmud scholars.

  Steven Johnson

  Mean, Dvds, Fans

  "Watching TV Makes You Smarter". www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2005.

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• Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger.

  Tinie Tempah

  Artist, Style, Nicknames

  "One last thing... Tinie Tempah". Interview with Rich Pelley, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2010.

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• JJ Abrams is definitely a guy that when he calls, you want to answer. He's incredibly focused. When he was shooting the pilot on 'Lost,' we'd do a take and he'd go back to his tent and be working on the first episodes of 'Lost' as well as the cliffhanger for the eighth season of 'Alias.' He's an incredible multitasker.

  Jorge Garcia

  Guy, Answers, Shooting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.

  David Levithan

  Thinking, People, Devil

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.89, Egmont UK

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• A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.

  Ben Marcus

  Language, Failing, Desperate

  Ben Marcus (2007). “Notable American Women: A Novel”, p.54, Vintage

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