L. Neil Smith Quotes
I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.
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One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it?
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.
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My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the people at the paper and the articles she wrote. She had the best memory of anyone I know, and she could really tell a tale.
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Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
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I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
