Alan Smith Quotes
I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.
Alan Smith
Quotes to Explore
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Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
Mahershala Ali
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
Naveen Andrews
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I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.
Gaby Hoffmann
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People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
Yo-Yo Ma
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
Harley Viera-Newton
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Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.
Larry King
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The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds. Thousands pass it, while others trample it under foot, and thus the chances are that it will perish before it is seen by the one discriminating spirit who will prize it above all else. The fact that no one has as yet arisen to make the most of it does not prove that nothing is there.
Antonin Dvorak
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Emily Dickinson never developed. She remained loyal to her persona and to that same little metrical song that stood her in such good stead. She is a striking example of complexity within a simple package. Her rhymes are like bows on the package.
Billy Collins
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As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.
Donna Brazile
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I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.
Alan Smith
