Arthur Smith Quotes
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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It worries me that western journalists, especially British ones, call everyone they don't like 'marginal.'
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.
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I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces.
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Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
