Dodie Smith Quotes
Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man.
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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.
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There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
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Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.
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People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance.
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I used to say I didn't want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It's hard to do both. It's as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.
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Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!
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Grief causes suffering and disease.
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Dance classes are not designed to be workouts - they're designed to teach skill.
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I was sheltered, and there's good and bad to that. The good was not getting into the drugs and the alcohol and the really sorry stuff, and the bad was finally coming out into the real world and trying to deal with it, which was hard for me.
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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
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When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.
