L. Neil Smith Quotes
The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go from braids, to weaves, to wigs, to natural hair.
-
Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
-
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.
-
Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
-
They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
-
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.
-
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
-
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
-
For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
-
Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
-
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
-
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.
-
But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
-
I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
-
I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
-
We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
-
For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
-
In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
-
Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.
-
I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
-
I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.
-
I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.
-
The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.
