Sam Smith Quotes
I've had an amazing life, but I think I was born with a little bit of sadness in me. I've always been attracted to those things, whether it's sad movies, sad music... when you're sad, you feel everything in a greater way than you do when you're happy.
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts.
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If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
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Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.
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The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.
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I am not a fan of Facebook or Twitter. They both allow too much information to be available and they make privacy a thing of the past.
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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
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Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.
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I've had an amazing life, but I think I was born with a little bit of sadness in me. I've always been attracted to those things, whether it's sad movies, sad music... when you're sad, you feel everything in a greater way than you do when you're happy.
