Brian Sutton-Smith Quotes
I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
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I know this sounds terribly shallow, but I've been mapping out my outfits for the next day every day since I was little, even before high school.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone is doing. it's really fun and awesome that we're the only girls, because we can tackle issues that guys can't sing about.
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My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of three movies - 'Caddyshack,' 'Animal House,' 'Beverly Hills Cop' - on rotation. Our comedy, our personalities were set watching 'Sesame Street': these really sort of wacky, Jim Henson-y characters.
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I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
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It wasn't too pretty in Florida, but it was spring training and you're just trying to work on your stuff. You come to this part of the season and now you have to execute. It's what I did. I just threw it where it needed to be.
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I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
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Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.
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I think that we are going to do various stuff like record live shows or put odd songs on the net so that people can download and say 'Oh I was there two nights ago, I was there'. I think technology's great if you can utilize it in the right way. It's good to be able to use all that stuff. I know I for one love all that stuff anyway. I love getting on the net and messing around. I think it's the way to go, its what people are into, its what we're into.
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I keep trying to understand the phenomenon of why adults are so literal when children are so imaginative. Toys are a caricature of reality.
