Martin Cruz Smith Quotes
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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It was a given at UCSB that if there was a role that called for a person of color, it was going to be handed to me. There were certain times when maybe I didn't try as hard. Going to Yale was a way more diverse experience.
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Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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Rich people believe in themselves. They believe in their value and in their ability to deliver it. Poor people don't. That's why they need "guarantees."
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Some people look at creamed corn and ask, 'Why?' I look at creamed corn and ask, 'Why not?'
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If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
