Clint Smith Quotes
Growing up in New Orleans, I was always the only black kid, or one of two, on the school soccer team. While I was always conscious of this status, what took precedent was my unfettered love of the game.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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I'm a really bad liar.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.
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A lot of Ennio Morricone's music is just - it's very soulful, very cinematic, and very psychedelic.
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By strengthening the core of our business and leading in digital innovation, we will accelerate growth, enhance our margin, and deliver increased total shareholder returns.
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To the patient, any operation is momentous.
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Growing up in New Orleans, I was always the only black kid, or one of two, on the school soccer team. While I was always conscious of this status, what took precedent was my unfettered love of the game.
