Alexander Gordon Smith Quotes
Knackered inmates are easier to control than pumped-up ones. And dead inmates are even easier to control, if you follow me.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
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Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.
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Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.
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How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much scientific research so vital to its future?
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It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera.
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People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are doin' in their lives.
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All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.
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I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.
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I always played games with my friends, but as I got older, my friends stopped playing.
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I'm going to disappear again.
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I think if you're consistent in this league, you'll win a lot of ball games.
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I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.
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If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.
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And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics.
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You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yourself through education.
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The rock n' roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn't all limos and parties in the early days.
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The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.
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I think it's a really important thing for women to be able to just put their hands up and go, I can't actually do any more.
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Knackered inmates are easier to control than pumped-up ones. And dead inmates are even easier to control, if you follow me.
