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Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Christmas period, broader consumer spending will remain soft.


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ALAN CUMMING Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?
ALAN CUMMING It's a sort of anti-Broadway musical. It's odd, disjointed and spiky.
ALAN CUMMING Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what...
ALAN CUMMING It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
ALAN CUMMING It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.
ALAN CUMMING When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course.
ALAN CULPEPPER In Athens, I was running in long sleeves and pants in the summertime to acclimate as much as I could...
ALAN CULPEPPER If I were not a writer, I would spend more time doing the things that I am already doing, which incl...
ALAN LIGHTMAN At this point, our office is going to prepare to go to trial again, ... We believe the jury will com...
ALAN CURRY