Ed Smith
Related Growing up in Georgia, it was sort of the last place to jump on the bandwagon of the integrated fron... ELIJAH KELLEY My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had n... ALAN GARNER LEE RADZIWILL BEN OKRI Did your grandparents ever share any stories about growing up in the country? ALAN LEWIS MAXINE WATERS BEN OKRI I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigm... BILLY ECKSTINE WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS BRIT MARLING DEYTH BANGER DONNA BRAZILE CRAIG GROESCHEL WHOOPI GOLDBERG SIDNEY CROSBY MORARJI DESAI MAYA ANGELOU RACHEL HAWKINS I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implicati... DAVID HENRY HWANG STEPHEN FRY FRANCESCA ANNIS PETER NIVIO ZARLENGA EDWIN MOSES KATARINA WITT URSULA K. LE GUIN OSCAR WILDE I grew up with my grandparents around. I think that's important for a child. If for no other rea... AL ROKER JOHN MAYER ROMESH GUNESEKERA AMIT RAY SIERRA D. WATERS JEANNETTE WALLS THOMAS MALLON Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live ... HAIM SHAPIRA JAMES HOWE ERIC CANTONA JOSEPH SMITH JR. KAZUO ISHIGURO I had no idea there was any speculation whatsoever. None of the Wisconsin players complained afterwa... SEAN COLLINS They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.ROSAMUND HODGE MARGOT ROBBIE I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and ... NICK SWARDSON TRACY CHAPMAN I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and ever... JON FISHMAN KURT VONNEGUT JR. My sister is older than me and would often go off, so I grew up alone in a sense. I had to amuse mys... AMANDA DONOHOE KIRK CAMERON I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive. LARRY RIVERS I was inquiring as to a little more detail, and he informed me that he had been told that the presid... QUIN SNYDER T. D. JAKES They had me a little shaky, ... But the guys told me, 'Coach, sit back and relax, we're going to win... GEORGE PRINCE JEN LANCASTER I believe that I have always told the truth. ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER NEIL GAIMAN LANG LEAV One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew ... DAN HILL No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I s... CHARLEY PRIDE My whole life growing up, both my parents told me not to swear like a sailor. After college, I recal... RORY FREEDMAN WILL ADVISE I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should! CARLA HALL I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life.... RANDY HOUSER CATE TIERNAN KENNETH BRANAGH From the beginning of puberty, I did really badly in school. I was super dyslexic; I was in special ... PETRA COLLINS I had to learn that I knew nothing. I also had to learn that it was okay to think for myself and tha... ARIN MURPHY-HISCOCK Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this. HANSJORG WYSS G-EAZY NAVEEN JAIN No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my mu... UTADA HIKARU I had made up my mind at the end of the summer last year that this would be my final season in coach... JOE BLAIR GARY JOHNSON I hope that I have had some effect on the fact that Israel is a start-up nation. DAN SHECHTMAN No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometim... ELENA ANAYA KELSEA BALLERINI LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON LORD BYRON DEYTH BANGER NATALIE BABBITT But once, in his anger, Aidan had asked me whether I thought I had wasted my life, and I had told hi... JOHN BOYNE I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say,... SHIRI APPLEBY KAZUO ISHIGURO GEORGE ORWELL DESMOND TUTU HARVEY PEKAR I myself only had my garbage picked up last week, and when I went home, my wife told me about it, ANDY KING STUDS TERKEL DADA BHAGWAN It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I'm just trying to improve myself and go forward in my career ... GREG OWEN The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew t... JASPER JOHNS Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling th... DON SILVER Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN I can think of no place in Washington in which more damage had taken place than there. DAVID MAJOR It's our fault. We should have given him better parts. , ON HEARING THAT RONALD REAGAN HAD BEEN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA JUAN FELIPE HERRERA RUSSELL WESTBROOK JERRY SPINELLI CHANTAL SUTHERLAND One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never sto... CHESLEY SULLENBERGER DAN BROWN WINSTON CHURCHILL
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And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost ... ED RENDELL Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience. ED TOWNSEND Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead? ED SULLIVAN I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to b... ED STOPPARD 'Upstairs Downstairs' somehow bestrode the different genres that had come before it to creat... ED STOPPARD In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in... ED STOPPARD I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want. ED STOPPARD The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian... ED STOPPARD I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and ... ED STOPPARD It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of ... ED STOPPARD It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan. ED STOPPARD I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them. ED STOPPARD Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican. ED STOPPARD If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent. ED STOPPARD I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion. ED STOPPARD I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind... ED STOPPARD The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ... ED SPELEERS I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can... ED SPELEERS I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi... ED SPELEERS Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic s... ED SPELEERS I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special. ED SPELEERS I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at... ED SPELEERS My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a... ED SPELEERS I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and t... ED SPELEERS I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoug... ED SPELEERS I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of Englan... ED SPELEERS I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at. ED SKREIN You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive. ED SKREIN However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it. ED SKREIN I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and... ED SKREIN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN ED SHEERAN Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering un... ED ROYCE The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This i... ED ROYCE The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implement... ED ROYCE Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a cou... ED ROYCE A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that e... ED ROYCE Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be mo... ED ROYCE I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he hel... ED ROYCE Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and... ED ROYCE The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq. ED ROYCE The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done th... ED ROYCE I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives. ED ROYCE The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all e... ED ROYCE Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playin... ED ROYCE The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. T... ED ROYCE The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities ... ED ROYCE Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will... ED ROYCE I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe th... ED ROYCE History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can... ED ROYCE ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS ED ROLLINS While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our ... ED PASTOR Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better. ED PASTOR I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more r... ED PASTOR Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to s... ED PASTOR While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant. ED PASTOR Health care should be affordable for everyone. ED PASTOR Make health care a right, not a privilege. ED PASTOR As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important thi... ED PASTOR Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority. ED PASTOR Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation. ED PASTOR What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit. ED PARKER With every social media, there's hate and things like that. ED OXENBOULD I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily. ED OXENBOULD I love to watch low-budget indie artsy films, but I do also love the big blockbuster things. I would... ED OXENBOULD I've had horrible days where you wake up with a zit, and you have to film, and it's terrible... ED OXENBOULD I love working in America! ED OXENBOULD I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it a... ED OXENBOULD I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh,... ED OXENBOULD My friends and I often film videos when we get together and hang out, and they're usually just s... ED OXENBOULD I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls. ED OXENBOULD I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan... ED OXENBOULD Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. ... ED OXENBOULD My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I do... ED O'NEILL I channel surf like probably most people. ED O'NEILL I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it. ED O'NEILL I got into television, and I'm a television guy, so I've never really had a movie career. ED O'NEILL I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to... ED O'NEILL Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money. ED O'NEILL I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And tha... ED O'NEILL I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very... ED O'NEILL I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, ... ED O'NEILL I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type ... ED O'NEILL Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there... ED O'NEILL In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silve... ED O'NEILL I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some g... ED O'NEILL I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie. ED O'NEILL All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. Whe... ED O'NEILL I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested... ED O'NEILL I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I&#... ED O'NEILL That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee w... ED O'NEILL When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... ju... ED O'NEILL There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 min... ED O'BRIEN What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at som... ED O'BRIEN So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going t... ED O'BRIEN We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the... ED O'BRIEN For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task. ED O'BRIEN At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those ... ED O'BRIEN It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I reali... ED O'BRIEN Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning. ED O'BRIEN The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough t... ED O'BRIEN But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans w... ED O'BRIEN I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a... ED O'BRIEN I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV. ED O'BRIEN We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band. ED O'BRIEN We're not spokespeople, we're musicians. ED O'BRIEN But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's... ED O'BRIEN I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard. ED O'BRIEN What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the s... ED O'BRIEN Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward. ED O'BRIEN There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special t... ED O'BRIEN Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn'... ED O'BRIEN We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it... ED O'BRIEN Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that. ED O'BRIEN We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate. ED O'BRIEN It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country. 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My mother endlessly told me I was too fat, that I wasn't a patch on my sister. It wasn't muc... 
I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would k... 
When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and... 
You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories tha... 
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. 
One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book. 
Everyday somebody dies... in combat, in war in battle... in game everwhere... so far nowhere is safe... 
I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school ... 
I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 
I can do anything. I can be anything. No one ever told me I couldn't. No one ever expressed this ide... 
The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, ... 
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of k... 
I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated libra... 
None of this makes any sense."
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable. 
My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I th... 
I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself. 
One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that compe... 
I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible. 
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Common sense, indeed!” said the Rocket indignantly; “you forget that I am very uncommon, and ver... 
I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. 
When I was growing up, I don't think I knew any other child who had been out of Sri Lanka. 
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I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence. 
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I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself. 
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I believe that I have such a vanilla life. 
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Reasons"
Having no applicable skills, in any possible area whatsoever, effectively makes me the master of red... 
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The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatso... 
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We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. 
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I've always had really messy hair. 
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