Smart Quotes - Page 12

• I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.

  Stephen King

  Gun, Thinking, People

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• We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

  Stephen King

  Thinking, Elements, Talent

  "The Stephen King interview, uncut and unpublished". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2000.

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• Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

  Chris Klein

  Opportunity, Not Good Enough, Want

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• Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar.

  John Krasinski

  Boston, People, World

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• You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.

  Diane Kruger

  Believe, Enough, Should

  "Meet Diane Kruger, Our Style Icon". Interview With Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. January 31, 2011.

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• Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Baby, Differences, Faces

  "The First Thousand Days of a Baby’s Life" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 24, 2013.

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• Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Lying, Race, Age

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• Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Phones, Self, Way

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• I've never been able to learn from other people's mistakes - I'm not that smart - so I usually learn by trial by fire.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Mistake, Fire, People

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• People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Girl, Strong, People

  "A model who eats? She wrote the book". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2004.

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• You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.

  Queen Latifah

  Silly, Sometimes, Silly Things

  "Queen Latifah Addresses Serious Issues with Life Support". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. February 26, 2007.

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• I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Creative, Parent

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• My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

  Queen Latifah

  Mom, Creative, Champion

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• I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy.

  Denis Leary

  Guy, President, Want

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• If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.

  Annie Lennox

  Powerful, Writing, Doe

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• My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.

  Jared Leto

  Mother, Command, Very Smart

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• I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

  Jerry Lewis

  Hot, Needs, Turned Down

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• I sometimes wish I weren't as logical as I am and I wish I weren't as smart as I am, because I'd be happy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Wish, Sometimes, Logical

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• Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they're just pure ignorant, and they fit the bill of people who have no love and no respect for the founding of this country.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, People, Ignorant

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• There are smart people on our side of the aisle who have known as early as I did who Obama was and should have been saying 'I hope this guy fails' right along with me. There should have been opposition to this guy all along.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Should Have, People, Guy

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• I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Thinking, People, Advice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you want to ask about my drug problem, go ask my big, fat, smart, ten pound daughter, she'll answer any questions you have about it.

  Courtney Love

  Daughter, Mother, Drug

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• I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

  Loretta Lynn

  Real, Ghouls, Found

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• If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.

  Norman Mailer

  Hands, Novelists, Literature

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• The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today’s world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Phones, Media, Giving

  "10 Actions Consumers Can Take to Reinvent Capitalism" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2011.

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