Brian J. Smith Quotes
You get so close, a lot of close calls, and then it just doesn't happen. That's just the way the industry is. It's very difficult.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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I expect a tough, hard fight. Liam Smith is coming to win.
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Everything that I have is natural – braid, nails – I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature.
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I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, and when I think of home, I think of England.
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My history teacher could make us feel like he was imparting rare gossip to us when he was talking about Maria Theresa and the Habsburgs. I just loved that sense of - the Western canon is here, and it's gossipy and tawdry, and everyone is sort of goofy.
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I was hoping to go under (one minute) 29.5 and it is quite fun when the bike is working and the lap comes together.
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The more workers you have in your organization, the better you are implanted in the working class, the more likely you are to come up with the concrete problems of the class.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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That Happily Ever After is a great way to tell stories when you're young but eventually it loses its meaning because it's just not true.
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You get so close, a lot of close calls, and then it just doesn't happen. That's just the way the industry is. It's very difficult.
