Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.


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I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin.
JACLYN SMITH
Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it th...
JACLYN SMITH
It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.
JACLYN SMITH
I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ...
JACLYN SMITH
You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
JACLYN SMITH
I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I...
JACLYN SMITH
Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, ...
JACLYN SMITH
It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us....
JACLYN SMITH
After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
JACLYN SMITH
I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH
Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH
You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You ca...
PATTI SMITH
I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as try...
WILL SMITH
The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran...
WILBUR SMITH
And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping...
WILL SMITH
I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane o...
WILL SMITH
My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
OZZIE SMITH
I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.
OZZIE SMITH
I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean...
OZZIE SMITH
We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.
OZZIE SMITH
Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us t...
RUSSELL SMITH
We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you'...
LARRY SMITH
Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your care...
LARRY SMITH
If you've never tasted what it's like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work,...
LARRY SMITH
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It...
LARRY SMITH
I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
KATE SMITH
If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But th...
KATE SMITH
It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
KATE SMITH
It's up to the audience. It always has been.
KATE SMITH
Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middl...
KATE SMITH
Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so lab...
KATE SMITH
An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or ot...
KATE SMITH
Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form o...
KATE SMITH
I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at b...
KATE SMITH
I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
KATE SMITH
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would ta...
KATE SMITH
I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached the...
KATE SMITH
I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what....
KATE SMITH
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can ...
KATE SMITH
In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances t...
KATE SMITH
I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
KATE SMITH
Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is...
KATE SMITH