Alexander Smith Quotes
We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
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I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
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I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?
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The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven, The Hunter with his dogs pursues his circuit.
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Enough of this intolerable inanity! I propose that such loquacity passes beyond the scope of the nuisance and over the verge of turpitude.
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Emotional Amoral Egoism indicates that ethnic conflict should be understood in terms of a reaction to a failure to satisfy a group’s basic physiological, security and ego needs due to discrimination, experienced by a group whose relations are premised, above all, on cultural affinities.
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I get called Harold the most. I think maybe 'Harold & Kumar' fans don't know my name, and 'Star Trek' fans do know my name... Harold fans are vocal!
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Whatever you think of George W. Bush, he left office with his faith intact, and I respect that.
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If my final hour finds me under other skies, my last thought will be of this people and especially of you.
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As I've gotten older, I've realized the element that sounds like The Gaslight Anthem that's mine is always going to be me. The other three-fourths of it is going to be the other guys. I can't stop doing what I do naturally, whether I'm in The Gaslight Anthem or my own thing.
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We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
