George Smathers Quotes
Don't look at the downside of everything that comes along. It helps life move along so much smoother and nicer.
Quotes to Explore
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I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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Sometimes, by using the most over-the-top, ridiculous plot device you can imagine, you get some interesting little conflicts and cool things that you might not otherwise have a chance to explore.
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Kids coming out of college want that urban core excitement more and more.
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It's always disappointing when your work is not received as you hope it would be.
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We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.
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Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.
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I didn't have a childhood.
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
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El matador de almas no mata cien almas; mata una alma sola, cien veces.
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I'm so stupid because I refuse to think that I'm getting older. I get up in the morning, and it's like, 'La, la, la, I'm so pretty.' I still mingle with a lot with young people. I even go to college campuses to talk to them because I know how they think. They don't think I'm boring, either. They think I'm cool, but I want them to think I'm hot!
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Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.
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The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.
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I love running in nature. I don't like running on the streets, I don't like running in the city, I don't like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.
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We're very, very happy with the decisions we've made.
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You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you hear a cat do a thing like that, you got to go along with him. I think I heard Coltrane before I really got close to Miles [Davis]. Miles had a tricky way of playing his horn that I didn't understand as much as I did Coltrane. I really didn't understand what Coltrane was doing, but it was so exciting the thing that he was doing.
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I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a microphone to 10 assistants. I need to move. To touch. To put a painting on a wall. To arrange a set.
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We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.
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Don't look at the downside of everything that comes along. It helps life move along so much smoother and nicer.
