Maggie Smith Quotes
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
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I've been through a lot of moments when other people thought Bitcoin was going to implode, and in those instances, I generally have seen through inaccurate coverage of it.
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Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.
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I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
