Chris Smith Quotes
My goal is to give students a real-life picture of what this life is like. Students can really decide whether this is what they want to do.
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.
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Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!
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We've all heard about Wall Street greed. I think people are now starting to be a little bit more sensitized to Washington greed - the greed for power and control over our lives and our economy.
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I went to film school and studied Alfred Hitchcock. I knew of Alma Reville existence, but had no idea really who she was or how influential she was on him. She stayed in the shadows. Go online, and there are hardly any images or film of her. She really stayed out of the limelight on purpose. She didn't want it, and I think that's one of the reasons that she's really lost in the shadows of Hitchcock's history to a degree.
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My goal is to give students a real-life picture of what this life is like. Students can really decide whether this is what they want to do.
