Ali Smith Quotes
We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery.
Quotes to Explore
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To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.
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We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery.
