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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I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
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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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Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
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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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We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with a Jesus who comes out of the tomb, who inaugurates God's new creation right in the middle of the old one.
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Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.
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I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
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Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.
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What prevailed was that it was a family story, so it didn't matter what the color. It was also the perfect subject matter for a miniseries: A best-selling book, a generational story, a social problem - they all made 'Roots' what a miniseries should be.
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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.
