Big Smo Quotes
I'm a product of my surroundings. I grew up on Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, and also Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, the Fat Boys, and Biz Markie.
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
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I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.
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My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.
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The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life.
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All I want is to have my peace of mind...
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I'm a product of my surroundings. I grew up on Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, and also Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, the Fat Boys, and Biz Markie.
