Ali Smith Quotes
I don't have a night stand. If I read at night in bed or too close to sleep-time, I lie awake thinking in the dark for hours.

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My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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I wanted to make a video for the holidays, but none of the traditional holiday songs were moving me.
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I wanted my anger to be valid, and the only way to do that is to be fairly attractive.
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If the voice of the brook was not the first song of celebration, it must have been at least an obbligato for that event.
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I don't have a night stand. If I read at night in bed or too close to sleep-time, I lie awake thinking in the dark for hours.