Charles Martin Smith Quotes
I want to make films that are worthwhile, on some level, but also very entertaining.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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A hard man is good to find.
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I am more vintage than I am high fashion.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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I do not seek. I find.
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You never know what the future brings.
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Yeah, I guess I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do really believe strongly that we all need to believe in something, and that's very personal to each one of us.
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I am, and remain, passionate about news.
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If you're 15 and you tell someone a secret, they can put it up on Facebook. If you make a mistake, someone films it on their mobile and puts it up on YouTube. When you're 15, you deserve privacy.
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I have written stories since I was a child.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.
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If you want the rainbow, then you must have the rain.
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It's not necessary that every film that I direct will have dance in it. I would love to explore different areas.
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I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once.
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Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's the thing that makes us vulnerable.
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I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to think when listening to an artist. However, I do want to be inspired. There's a fine line.
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I want to make films that are worthwhile, on some level, but also very entertaining.
