Robert Smith Quotes
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
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The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.
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The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.
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I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
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The appropriate time for the ultimate release of the deposits will have arrived at the onset of the first post-war slump.
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When we rebound the ball, we're able to do that. We don't want to come down and play a half-court game all the time.
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I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
