Phyllis Smith Quotes
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I always have to be writing.
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To start with, pharma was an industry based on innovation, drug discovery.
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I don't have a real home. When I got 'Avatar,' I sold everything that I owned because I knew it was going to be a long journey. I've got two bags, and that was four years ago, and I've been working ever since, and I've still only got two bags - a bag of books and a bag of clothes. That's about it.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.
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The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
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If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
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Kitchens are for conversation. They're not just for cooking; they're for conversations.
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At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car chase. Even if a lot of the people don't like it, there will be a lot of people that do. But bad comedy is just garbage.
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The thing about relationships is, the stronger they get, the more rapidly the realm of romance starts to overlap with the domestic.
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I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.
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I do like comedy and drama.
