Judy Smith Quotes
The same qualities that we all have that are good can lead us to bad things or lead us into a crisis if we don't try to balance them.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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Making music is fantastic.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.
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When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
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A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
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Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people's views into account, allow you to be successful.
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I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.
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My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'
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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.
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There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in protecting people's rights. But if there was ever a time to defer, it is when Congress is protecting voting rights in the exact way the Constitution directs it to.
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I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'
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It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.
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I found music when I was very dark. I felt unheard, with inner dialogues that I didn't know how to express.
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I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite, and a check mark on a ballot, I think that that's inappropriate and insensitive.
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People never remember but the computer never forgets. (p. 69)
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The same qualities that we all have that are good can lead us to bad things or lead us into a crisis if we don't try to balance them.
