Phyllis Smith Quotes
I've had an experience that... I don't know the right label to put to it, if it was an angel or Jesus or what. Nobody knows anything for sure about that, but I know that I had an encounter, and I know that things exist beyond this realm, most definitely. I'm grounded in that.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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Home, to me, is where I am and where I feel most comfortable. Obviously, Malaysia is home. In L.A., my home is my apartment because that's my Malaysia.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I've decided to recast myself as Utopian. I like this landscape of the M25 and Heathrow. I like airfreight offices and rent-a-car bureaus. I like dual carriageways. When I see a CCTV camera, I know I'm safe.
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I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.
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I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.
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When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.
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Not everything that happens in an in-person classroom is currently replicated with an online course, and perhaps the experience will never be the quite the same. But there are new opportunities that online learning opens up that would have never been possible without this technology.
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Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally.
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I've had an experience that... I don't know the right label to put to it, if it was an angel or Jesus or what. Nobody knows anything for sure about that, but I know that I had an encounter, and I know that things exist beyond this realm, most definitely. I'm grounded in that.
