Alexander Gordon Smith Quotes
There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I don't miss being on the road right now because the thing is, I was on the road for eight years, so I love pizza, but pizza every day for eight years is a different thing.
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I just roll with the punches.
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Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
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I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.
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If you've got five cameras, you're making sure that you're in the right position for each one of the cameras.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat.
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Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.
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I'll make a general comment about this whole dependence on 'celebrities.' I object to this situation as it is right now, where they have inadvertently or manipulatively become the spokespeople for the African continent.
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If the money's right, I'll do a film.
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After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
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Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.
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The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.
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The main thing with my shows is that I'm professional but not highly polished. I don't like people to think they're just seeing an album in person.
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If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.
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There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.
