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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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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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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We need to come up with use cases for this technology that drive clear benefits for individuals and institutions - these are our customers. Too often we see bitcoin and blockchain technologies as solutions in search of a problem. We don't just need these systems to be technically better than the alternatives - we need them to be more user-friendly.
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Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'
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Let’s not lose our perspective here. The Smokies achieved their natural splendor without the guidance of a national park service and don’t actually need it now.
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Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.
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The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002.
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My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.
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Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
