Adam Smith Quotes
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The whole Hollywood thing where people want to put me into this 'quirky-fashionista, daughter of' category makes me mad because it's promoting something that I don't believe in, and it's not who I am.
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment rights.
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Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.
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There's a huge expanse of this continent that so seldom gets photographed.
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What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
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America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China.
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Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it.
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Paul Furlong is my vintage Rolls Royce and he cost me nothing. We polish him, look after him, and I have him fine tuned by my mechanics. We take good care of him because we have to drive him every day, not just save him for weddings.
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I always tell people happiness comes in one word: progress. I don't care what you achieve.
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The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.
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Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade.
