Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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I think it's good to conquer the fears.
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Warwick Davies is a cracking actor. The opening scene in the last 'Harry Potter' film, where he plays a captured Griphook, is mesmerising. His pacing is sublime, and the menace and regret he builds into the scene is fantastic.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due.
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I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons.
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You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
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I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing.
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I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there.
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I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.
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I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it was just a feeling that felt good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.
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Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. The past is closed and limited; the future is open and free.
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I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough.
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'Montaigne,' p. 2
