Alexander Smith Quotes
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
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I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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The song 'Can't Look Back Now' by the Weepies reminds me of the entire 'Life Unexpected' experience.
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The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence.
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I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.
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Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.
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I knew I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know I would specifically be in film. I actually never thought I would be in film. I always envisioned being on the stage.
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Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.
