Clint Smith Quotes

Who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice?

Clint Smith

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• I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.

  

  Washed Out
  • Done
  • Want
  • Past

• On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.

  

  Yang Lan
  • World
  • Art
  • Business

• Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Love
  • You
  • Losing

• Because of my own insecurities about the way I look, I do sometimes sabotage the looks of my characters by making them as homely as possible. I've never done a glamour part. I'd like to some day, though I don't know if I could pull it off.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Done
  • Day
  • Sometimes

• Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Political
  • Faith
  • Religious

• I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Movie
  • Free
  • Me

• I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Always
  • Never
  • Boxes

• Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Bad
  • Today
  • Game

• As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Political
  • Birthday
  • Release

• The automatic bread maker is not as good as breads made by hand, but waking up to the smell of fresh bread is worth the price of admission. We use it for fresh cinnamon raisin toast - mmmmmmm!

  

  Irma S. Rombauer
  • Up
  • Good
  • Hand

• Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.

  

  Kate Ashfield
  • People
  • Work
  • Die

• There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Good
  • Men
  • Drinking

• The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.

  

  Randy Falco
  • Heart
  • Here
  • Miami

• There's something about the modern era where it's very hard to transgress - we're all so online, easier to track by mobile phone - so you have people who do it on your behalf.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Modern
  • Phone

• I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Love
  • Want
  • Know

• There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

  

  Ugo Betti
  • Peace
  • Always
  • Certain

• Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to... But gender identity is who you are in your soul.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Soul
  • Identity
  • Gender

• What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

  

  Edith Wharton
  • People
  • Want
  • Nose

• Further, science is a collaborative effort.

  

  John Bardeen
  • Science
  • Effort

• Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

  

  John Milton
  • Darkness
  • Promote
  • Solicit

• Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of colonising the future. The more or less constant, profound and rapid momentum of change characteristic of modern institutions, coupled with structured reflexivity, mean that on the level of everyday practice as well as philosophical Seitenwechsel interpretation, nothing can be taken for granted. What is acceptable/appropriate/recommended behaviour today may be seen differently tomorrow in the light of altered circumstances or incoming knowledge-claims.

  

  Anthony Giddens
  • Thinking
  • Mean
  • Taken

• No matter how much I try to be plain, people don’t accept me, so I might as well be fabulous.

  

  Austin Scarlett
  • Accept
  • Fabulous
  • Plain

• Materialism is the metaphysics of those who refuse to be metaphysicians.

  

  Alfred Binet
  • Materialism
  • Metaphysics

• Who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice?

  

  Clint Smith