Alan Smith Quotes
I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue because it does seem to me to set it off too much from the narrative. I mean, in life, things don't stop while somebody says something, and then stuff starts up again; it's all happening at once.
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I had a spectacular four years as OpenTable CEO and remain an active executive chairman. I think, for me, some of the interesting observations there are, you know, global is important, mobile is extremely important. And then, network businesses are very attractive.
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Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.
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In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.
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I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.
