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It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.


Yeardley Smith

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NATHANIEL SMITH But the worst of all is, according to the old phrase, while the grass grows, the horse starves, but ...
NATHANIEL SMITH There is much boasting among the young men about their teams as their horse and carts in Cleveland. ...
NATHANIEL SMITH There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages.
NATHANIEL SMITH One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
ED SMITH I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role th...
WILL SMITH It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I coul...
WILL SMITH When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.
MAGGIE SMITH People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because t...
MAGGIE SMITH It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, ...
MAGGIE SMITH The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
MAGGIE SMITH Some people say you have to fight cancer. But it was fighting me. The cure was worse than the diseas...
MAGGIE SMITH