Phyllis Smith Quotes
If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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I have personally seen Ted Cruz stand up and fight on the issues that matter the most to conservatives, even when it wasn't popular in Congress.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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Generally, writers have very uninteresting lives.
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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I love to watch old movies when I get time off.
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I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
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It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more.
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Everybody's fast and strong, but to go out there and throw pass-rush moves or be able to do something different on the run to get them off balance. Anybody can run into somebody, but if you can shake them a little bit at the line, that's what's helped me out as a player.
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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
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When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
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I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it.
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If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out.
