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• You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

  Eric Cantona

  Ferguson, May, Beckham

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• Alex Smith, what he’s done over the last two years for this football team, this is a mistake in not starting him. He needs to be the guy and it’s going to be tough if (Colin) Kaepernick doesn’t play well today and now you’re coming back saying, ‘Alex, we’re going to put you back in there.’

  Kurt Warner

  Football, Mistake, Team

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• This club is steeped in history and I feel privileged to have become a part of that ... An immense thank you to Sir Alex Ferguson for making it all possible, for giving me the privilege to be a captain, to be inspired by the legend of Manchester United and to understand that nobody is bigger than the club.

  Patrice Evra

  Giving, Ferguson, Clubs

  "Patrice Evra writes open letter to Manchester United fans following his move to Juventus" by Simon Austin, www.mirror.co.uk. July 21, 2014.

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• It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!

  Roy Keane

  Football, Nice, Home

  "Roy Keane says he and Alex Ferguson were on same wavelength at United" by James Riach, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2014.

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• Alex McLeish has just had his hands in his head

  Chris Kamara

  Hands

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• I think [Alex Acosta]will be a tremendous secretary of labor.

  Donald Trump

  Thinking, Labor, Secretary

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• What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.I. regarding an article that he and Haley were writing together for The Saturday Evening Post, and the F.B.I. had an interest in castigating the Nation of Islam, and isolating it from the mainstream of Negro civil rights activity.

  Manning Marable

  Writing, Rights, Islam

  Source: historynewsnetwork.org

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• I admire [Alex] Salmond in many ways but my problem with him has always been this independence thing within the EU, which is rubbish.

  Nigel Farage

  Independence, Way, Rubbish

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• It's a great honour to be asked to be the next manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the football club.

  David Moyes

  Football, Jobs, Done

  "David Moyes has six years to make his mark at Manchester United" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2013.

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• I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him.

  Lauren Oliver

  Delirium, Term, My Own

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• The leading student of business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey, argues persuasively that “the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.

  Noam Chomsky

  Mean, Democracies Have, Australia Day

  Noam Chomsky (1997). “World Orders, Old and New”, p.89, Pluto Press

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• He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. A couple of times I tried to tell him it was a mistake to get too deep into that kind of stuff, but Alex got stuck on things. He always had to know the absolute right answer before he could go on to the next thing.

  Jon Krakauer

  Couple, Mistake, Thinking

  Jon Krakauer (2011). “Into the Wild”, p.18, Pan Macmillan

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• Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning.

  Eric Cantona

  Dream, Hate, Winning

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• Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United.

  David Gill

  Jobs, Apples, Ferguson

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• There was no way that I wanted him to stop touching me, even for a few hours. My pulse thudded as I glanced across at the camp bed. I cleared my throat. "Wel...is there a reason we can't both take the bed? The sleeping bags zip together, don't they?" Alex stared at me without moving. "Would that be OK?" I asked, feeling nervous suddenly. The lantern light made his eyes look darker, his hair almost black. He started to smile, a grin spreading across his face. "Yes, that would be extremely OK.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Moving, Eye, Sleep

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