L. Neil Smith Quotes
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.
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My first album didn't come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it came time to arrange it, I became a kid in a toy shop. I had a harp and a saxophone quartet and a symphony orchestra. I went berserk for a time.
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The only people who object to escapism are jailers.
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It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.'
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I had assumed I'd pack my bags and head elsewhere after 'Constellation,' but Chechnya is creeping its way into the margins of my second book.
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.