Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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There is no one true church.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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Notwithstanding my present incompetency, I am beginning to translate the New Testament, being extremely anxious to get some parts of Scripture, at least, into an intelligible shape, if for no other purpose than to read, as occasion offers, to the Burmans I meet with.
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In my photography, I always lean towards the underprivileged because that's where I came from. When I went to the wars, I attempted to go and stand by those who were being trodden on. By that, I mean people like the Palestinians. When I go to India, I see really the poorest people, and I tend to be drawn to them.
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My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album.
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I'm sure I've been in an accident because I'm wild and crazy and go too fast, but I don't remember having an accident.
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I'm really lucky to have my brother because I know a lot of teenagers, and even adults, aren't as close to their siblings. Working in Hollywood definitely does bring us together and gives us something to connect on. I had an audition yesterday and he came by before and ran my sides with me. Being able to work on things together is really cool and it gives us something to have in common.
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Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.
