Stevie Smith Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
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A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
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Women hold up half the sky.
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If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.
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To act is to rest.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.
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My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother's huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people.
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I love people, but I love the thought and memory of them just as much.
