Gary Smalley Quotes
In a relationship I can influence—but not control—the thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behavior of another.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.
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I went to a girls' school, and it was awful. The combination of my teenage anger and their jealousy meant I was always getting into fights. There was a lot of pulling of hair and scratching of faces and rolling around on the floor.
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I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
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'Star Wars' was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really involved isn't something that I should probably disclose.
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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Hamm: If I could sleep I might make love. I'd go into the woods. My eyes would see … the sky, the earth. I'd run, run, they wouldn't catch me.
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Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river To the sea
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As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution.
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I have the appetite to do different roles that have different backdrops. I'd like to show that there's more to people sitting in cars for reasons other than being police officers.
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I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
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Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe.
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In a relationship I can influence—but not control—the thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behavior of another.
