H. Allen Smith Quotes
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Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
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Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
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Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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Art is the job of the privileged.
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I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to do all sorts of things like that - but I don't want to put my career on hold. I'd have to take three weeks off to do something like that. Maybe it's something I'd think about after it's all ended.
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I'm totally comfortable with myself.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
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End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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TV news has largely given Trump editorial control.
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We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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Put it back in the horse!
