Walter Smith Quotes
Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.
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I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.
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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
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To be honest, I have never thought about getting into direction.
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My father was a socialist, so he would have thought that I shouldn't be a dame.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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I auditioned for this agency. I got an advertisement first, and then something else, which I got fired from. It was soul-destroying. And then the next thing I got, I thought was going to be my big break, and they cut the role. It was only the year that I started auditioning for 'Star Wars' when I really started getting roles.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.
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My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.
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I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations [of Pi], having no other business at the time.
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Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
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My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
