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 don't know what really makes a great musical or not. In the end, you write it, and you write it because you want to write it.
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The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents' occupations as being 'the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.' It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than 'unemployed.'
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I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's thriving. People are so happy Chicago's shining that everyone is willing to say 'I represent Chicago.' That wasn't always the case.
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I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.
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I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.
