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• The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.

  Adam Osborne

  Hands, Lunch, Sandwiches

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• Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Brother, Love Yourself, Bad Day

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• We're all human beings, but some of us are more sophisticated at covering our flaws. We're just smart enough to lie to ourselves that everything is OK.

  Mehmet Oz

  Lying, Covering, Flaws

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• The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

  Sarah Palin

  Party, Tea, Would Be

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• They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.

  Sarah Palin

  Thinking, Ems, Want

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• Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be.

  Trey Parker

  Children, Thinking, Views

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• I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

  Dolly Parton

  People, Smart People, Very Smart

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• I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

  Dolly Parton

  Dad, Writing, School

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• Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.

  Matthew Perry

  Important, Going Away, Age

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• We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

  Dan Quayle

  Law, May, Constitution

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• I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.

  Keanu Reeves

  Men, People, Dumb

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• Most start-up companies fail and it is smart public policy to help entrepreneurs increase their odds of succeeding. But, the biggest loss to our economy is not all the start-ups that didn't make it: It's the ones that might have been created but weren't.

  Eric Ries

  Loss, Odds, Entrepreneur

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• I think one of the reasons that we like conspiracy theories is I think that we like to feel like there is a group of people who are so smart and powerful that they can pull the wool over an entire country or in fact even an entire world's eyes. That certainly makes us feel like somehow we're protected, even if it's not in our best interest.

  Jason Ritter

  Country, Powerful, Eye

  "Blair Underwood & Jason Ritter talk 'The Event'". Interview with Morgan Jeffery, www.digitalspy.com. September 18, 2010.

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• I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.

  Kid Rock

  Believe, Artist, People

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

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• Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.

  Kid Rock

  Baseball, Teacher, Athlete

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• I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Player, Games

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• I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

  Henry Rollins

  Patience, Office, Political

  "Henry Rollins Answers Your Questions About Politics". Interview with AV Club, www.avclub.com. April 19, 2007.

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• Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

  Andy Rooney

  Thinking, Boys, People

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• 'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.

  Eli Roth

  Winning, Done, Today

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• But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.

  Bob Schieffer

  Games, People, Watches

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• I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit.

  Sarah Shahi

  Sexy, Definitions, Sound

  "Up Close with Sarah Shahi". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

  Alan Shepard

  Teacher, Thinking, Years

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• When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Black, Trying

  "Does Russell Simmons Serve Hip-Hop?". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. June 4, 2007.

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• I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  "Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Steve Mirsky, www.scientificamerican.com. December 20, 2010.

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• In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.

  Eliot Spitzer

  America, Voting, Adults

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