Alice Smith Quotes

I've come to realize how much it really was a part of my upbringing, the Georgia part. We were away from town. It was just dirt and trees and spouses. And a lot of kids - my cousins, who were all like brothers and sisters to me - just a lot of kids at one time.

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• 'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Home

• This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • Time
  • True
  • Want

• I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

  

  Carl Paladino
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  • Great
  • Kids

• Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Women
  • Children
  • Anxiety

• Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Money

• Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Up
  • Time
  • Women

• We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.

  

  Ian Axel
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• Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
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  • Pain
  • Risk

• It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'

  

  Garrett Hedlund
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  • Women
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• I was very, very little - it was the first time I ever cooked on my own, with my mother's supervision - and I made scrambled eggs. I felt so accomplished, like magic!

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Time
  • Mother
  • Magic

• Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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  • Waste
  • Waste Of Time

• Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
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  • Real
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• I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.

  

  Calvin Harris
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  • Guy
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• I just love kids. I always have.

  

  Faith Prince
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Always

• I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Time
  • Believe
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• I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Job
  • Kids
  • Daily

• If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
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• I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.

  

  Warren Spector
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• I don't have a sense of time. Time is timeless to me, and I'm not in a hurry to get older. I mean, if I were worried about time, all the time, it would be terrible.

  

  Christa Päffgen
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• Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.

  

  Jay-Z
  • Rock
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• I wish I could have a clone to do all the stuff that I don't like doing, like the red carpet stuff.

  

  V V Brown
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  • Red
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• All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.

  

  W. H. Murray
  • Help
  • Never
  • Things

• Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.

  

  Jennifer Aniston
  • Life
  • Funny

• I've come to realize how much it really was a part of my upbringing, the Georgia part. We were away from town. It was just dirt and trees and spouses. And a lot of kids - my cousins, who were all like brothers and sisters to me - just a lot of kids at one time.

  

  Alice Smith
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