Ali Smith Quotes

You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.

Ali Smith

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My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Billy Boy Arnold records.

Jimmy Page

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We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer's accent. That's just pretending to be something you ain't.

Joe Strummer

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Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Jim Bishop

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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

Andrew Vachss

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People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

John Cornyn

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What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?

Andrei Platonov

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I am a political human being. I have - that's one of my interests. I studied political science in college. I was actually going to get my Ph.D. in poli-sci. And a lot of my material from early on in my career dealt with politics, so I've always considered myself as somebody who enjoys political humor. So I'm not going to stop.

Maz Jobrani

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I mostly get noticed in shopping malls, airports, red states. The Cheesecake Factory. I am more likely to get stopped in San Antonio or Oakland than in New York or L.A.

Max Joseph

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Growing up, dating seemed pretty straightforward: If someone was interested in getting to know you on a romantic level, they approached, exchanged info, and proceeded to communicate with you in a consistent fashion between outings of various natures.

Amanda Seales

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Google that, 'old white men,' and you'll find that comes out of the mouths of liberals in a daily basis across the country. They're disparaging a group of people, and it's time somebody stood up for that group of people.

Steve King

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The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

Shinzo Abe

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In the presidential debates back in 2008 and 2012, the candidates clearly didn't know how to make climate change resonate with voters - if they mentioned it at all.

Tom Steyer

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