Arthur Smith Quotes
Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.
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That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
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You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.
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Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air.
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I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.
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President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem.
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I love tap!
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I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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I had innumerable visions at that time c. 1903; wherever I looked, Nature was alive, the sky, the clouds, on every stone and among the branches of the trees, everywhere my creatures stirred and lived their still or wild, lively lives, arousing my excitement and crying out to be painted.
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Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.
