Betty Smith Quotes

But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it's stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it.

Betty Smith

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I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.

Taylor Kinney
- Up
- Game
- Waiting
The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

Damien Hirst
- Life
- Never
- Goal
Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

Nathan Deal
- People
- Life
- Science
On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.

Nathan Deal
- Country
- Single
- Hand
I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.

Otto Preminger
- Work
- Live
- Present
It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

Laura Linney
- People
- Love
- Joy