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 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 did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.' That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
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When our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.
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The Victorian world is extremely dark and extremely bright.
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While the CDC is focusing on how our enemies could attack us, our military is focused on who may attack us.
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When others hurt us in ways we don't deserve, at some point we will come to the crossroads of decision. We will have to look our pain square in the face and ask, "Am I going to hang on to my anger and do violence to myself, or am I going to forgive those who have wounded me? Am I going to allow bitterness to poison and putrefy my soul, or am I going to invite God to empower me to let the anger go?"
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'Montaigne,' p. 2
