Sydney Smith Quotes
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
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Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.
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There's nothing I hate more than gritty, linty, mysterious pocket schmutz in the cap of my lip moisturizer - or, even worse, on the applicator itself. I shudder at the thought.
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My mother felt we'd be earning a living during our entire adult lives, and therefore believed we should spend summers in learning activities. Consequently, I got to see a plate glass factory in Pittsburgh, a U.S. Steel plant, and how Heinz made ketchup.
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If you can't sleep, I'll be there in your dreams. I'll be there in your dreams if you can't sleep at all. And in your dreams, I'll touch your cheek And lay my head on your shoulder. Goodbye shadows
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If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.
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So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.
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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.
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It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was Joe Fox at Random House, and he wound up editing a subsequent book.
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Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labor, and the prices of many raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labor cost of producing them.
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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
