Martin Cruz Smith Quotes
I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I'm very impressionable: I get very taken away by stories and certain feelings. With writing, sometimes I want to feel like a character.
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Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.
