Ali Smith Quotes
I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are about. And every writer I've ever read, living or dead, has in one way or another helped and inspired. I have a feeling it's important not to mix the two up.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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I don't know if I'm brave.
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There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play, as 'form' to literature. It strongly defines its content.
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Every new HubSpot employee has to go through training to learn how to use the software. That's a good idea, and it also keeps me from having to worry about what I'm supposed to be doing here or why Cranium, who hired me, still has never come by to say hello or talk about what he wants me to work on.
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You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
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During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike.
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I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are about. And every writer I've ever read, living or dead, has in one way or another helped and inspired. I have a feeling it's important not to mix the two up.
