Brad D. Smith Quotes
About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.
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People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.
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With the polarization of points of view around significant political and social issues, sports is a place where people can sort of talk about something together. And I think that is important to people.
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The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that's OK.
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About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup.
