Maggie Smith Quotes
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I don't think the lifestyle that I have, the things going on in my life right now, you could put that on any 23-year-old kid. But, you know, I was raised right, and I'm prepared for whatever.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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You move an organization when they understand where you want them to go.
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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.
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I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.
