Michael W. Smith Quotes
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The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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The physical carrier is overshadowed by a relation. The relation creates an overtone. The physical carrier is absorbed by this overtone. The overtone spontaneously transforms the means of creation into a spiritual reality. The mystery of creation is then revealed.
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God will take you through hell, just to get you to heaven.
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In L.A., I feel God more than I do in a church.
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As for Lindbergh, another eminent servant of science, all he proved by his gaudy flight across the Atlantic was that God takes care of those who have been so fortunate as to come into the world foolish. Expressing skepticism that adventure does not necessarily contribute to scientific knowledge.
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I think there's a passion for God like never before.
