L. J. Smith Quotes
You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.
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After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
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I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.
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Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
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I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose, vinegar blending with honey… Then I found some dirt to make an ointment that would honor my soul… Love says, “You are right, but don’t claim these changes. Remember, I am wind. You are an ember I ignite.
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You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.
