Ninian Smart Quotes
Life is very difficult and we owe it to our fellow human beings to be as cheerful as we can.
Quotes to Explore
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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MWA and The Author's Guild refused to accept me as a member.
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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
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I grew up around really not-normal people. My family is general Hollywood. They're all artists; they're creative people who are advocates for expressing themselves. But I also have to say I'm not impressed with Hollywood.
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I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
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Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
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I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.
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English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation.
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I find it very difficult to compare any two projects because they're all such different beasts.
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Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the truth. A formal system will give you some truths, but as we shall soon see, a formal system, no matter how powerful—cannot lead to all truths.
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My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.
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Life is very difficult and we owe it to our fellow human beings to be as cheerful as we can.
