Margaret Smith Quotes
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I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.
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I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.
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Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.
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They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.
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I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is about certain villains that we actually empathize with. Like Macbeth. We're not supposed to like a guy who kills the king and takes over, but there's something about him we're really fascinated by.
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Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.
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When I was young, my parents were these titanic, infallible figures. But Mum's illness and Dad's battles with diabetes and heart attacks had a ripple effect on me - reminding me of my own mortality and that these illnesses are genetic.
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You know, I'm really not that bright.
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You cannot take all the chances you get.
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The wolves have prey'd: and look, the gentle day,Before the wheels of Phœbus, round about,Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey.
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My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.
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Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just little And the door ain't sprung on her electric range That little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too bad Folks are doing away with the simple things...
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Coniunxest mihi, sunt nati; dedimus tot pignora fatis.
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I will say it is funny that writing a song about not wanting to entertain people is what got me a career in entertainment.
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I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up.
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The easiest diet is, you know, eat vegetables, eat fresh food. Just a really sensible healthy diet like you read about all the time.
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There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing.
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Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.
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In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection.
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How can I adopt a creed which, preferring the mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the seeds of all human advancement?
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The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.
