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We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here in these numbers. That doesn't mean it's not there. Certainly the weekly retail sales numbers have been sluggish.


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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 If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a great...
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