Lee Smith Quotes

I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon people that have time to talk to each other.

Lee Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 1, 1944

Topics

TimePeopleSmallKindLivingTalk

For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool.

Jim Coleman

MusicCoolUnityDoingPrettyGain

The world of the small business owner is all about moving multiple items forward at once, and it's a fool's errand to believe one person can do it all when the shift comes from linear to parallel.

Michael Gerber

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I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin, I started in elementary school. Drums actually came when I was in a program called 'Rock Star,' which was really awesome. We were doing a song by the Ramones, so I thought, 'Why not play the drums?'

Amandla Stenberg

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I love my work, apart from when it's driving me crazy. But I get to be interested in stuff and think like a filmmaker as I'm buzzing about the world and then see an opportunity to make a film, and then make it happen.

Lucy Walker

WorkLoveOpportunityMake It Happen

Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I think it's OK if somebody likes my music and likes Sam Hunt's music, too. And I think if we're both selling records, it's good for everybody. I think it allows other records to get made.

Chris Stapleton

GoodMusicThinkSellingGetMade

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Booth Tarkington

AngerPeopleOpinionsOwnOnly

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

YouI CanGoWillUpPromise

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Philip Massinger

LoveThingsUsLastViolentLet Us

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.

Philippe Petit

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I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

Sylvester Stallone

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I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition.

Shannon Miller

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