L. Neil Smith Quotes
I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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As a kid, my parents had the typical stuff going on in the home, like Bee Gees, The Carpenters. Then I got exposed to what my brothers were listening to: a lot of classic rock, Led Zeppelin. It was around the mid-'80s when the whole Electro-Techno-Pop-House music thing started happening in Chicago.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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To be is to do.
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I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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If God had meant us to walk around naked, he would never have invented the wicker chair.
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I'm not a big fan of a lot of government dollars going into research and development for private enterprises... and you're not going to see the House of Representatives, I'm certain, provide a lot of money for research and development for electric vehicles.
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I usually wait until I get on the bus, when I'm done with media and I get to sit down and listen to my music and just read through everyone's messages.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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If we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then, I think that we have to act and we will take them out. We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
