Keri Smith Quotes
The virtual world can never be a substitute for real world experience. And the more it takes over our lives, the more we forget to feel the sun on our skin, the more we forget that there is an entire universe to be discovered even during a 10 minute walk to work.
Quotes to Explore
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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Montenegro belongs to a rare number of countries that have managed to make progress on every internationally recognisable indicator.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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It was weird - my parents would let me have some Green Day albums but not all Green Day albums.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'
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The real world is the fantasy writer's scrapbook. Real history, real geography, real customs and religions are all invaluable sources of guidance and inspiration.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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I love getting out the house because writing is such a solitary business that even being at the library makes me feel part of the world.
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It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.
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Resolution can be in any form - S4A, SDR or restructuring - but we need an enabling environment where bankers feel comfortable to take decisions and where they also feel obliged to implement decisions in a timely manner.
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The virtual world can never be a substitute for real world experience. And the more it takes over our lives, the more we forget to feel the sun on our skin, the more we forget that there is an entire universe to be discovered even during a 10 minute walk to work.
