Alexander Smith Quotes
If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?
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I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional.
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Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
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There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels are - at their best - an amazing blend of art literature and the theater of the mind.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races.
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For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching. My teaching is constantly being fed by my learning.
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If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
