Stevie Smith Quotes
People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
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When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.
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I live on my phone: I have a bunch of news and informational apps on there.
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You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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The disenfranchised should be going to art school - not the franchised.
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Take of London fog 30 parts; malaria 10 parts, gas leaks 20 parts, dewdrops gathered in a brickyard at sunrise 25 parts; odor of honeysuckle 15 parts. Mix. The mixture will give you an approximate conception of a Nashville drizzle.
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There must be a special place in hell reserved for you.I've been to hell. It's a better place than this.
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You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain’t stopped him in 15 years.
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An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn't touch me, all those remarks.
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I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.
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Nothing which is at all times and in every way agreeable to us can have objective reality. It is of the very nature of the real that it should have sharp corners and rough edges, that it should be resistant, should be itself. Dream-furniture is the only kind on which you never stub your toes or bang your knee.
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People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.
