William Jay Smith Quotes
I still use a typewriter from time to time, but because I can't type as well as I used to, I really don't use one very much.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
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There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that 'God' or 'The Force' or whatever word you use for it, I do believe in a spiritualized mechanism.
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The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.
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We don't have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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I remember when AOL was small and they were growing like mad. Consumers were coming on in droves because they made it easy to connect to the Internet. That was the single biggest innovation of AOL; when grandmas were signing up, AOL had arrived.
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I wasn't thinking that I was two horrors back to back; I was thinking these were characters that I want to play.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it was a referendum on boys kissing. I didn't know that, nobody.. told me that. But when homophobia trumps terrorism in America, wow. This country needs to get laid.
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Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.
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In avant garde drama ... primitivism goes hand in hand with aesthetic experimentation designed to advance the technical progress of the art itself by exploring fundamental questions: What is a theatre? What is a play? What is an actor? What is a spectator? What is the relation between them all? What conditions serve this best?
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Don't believe the man who tells you there are two sides to every question. There is only one side to the truth.
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There's a reason why people question the trustworthiness of Hillary Clinton, and that's because they're paying attention.
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I'd defend myself. But I don't go around shoving people around; that's not me at all - that's for a cop. I'm not into that type of behavior at all.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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I still use a typewriter from time to time, but because I can't type as well as I used to, I really don't use one very much.
