Stevie Smith Quotes
You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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Jacqueline Rose was so wonderful in so many ways, and I was really blessed to be her daughter. Of all the things I am because of her - there's no question: I am a writer because of her love of books.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.
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I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way.
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Maintain an attitude of anticipating success!
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I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.
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Imaginative truth is the most immediate way of presenting ultimate reality to a human being... ultimate reality is what we call God.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.
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I want to show that there are indeed some universal ethical principles which could help everyone to achieve the happiness we all aspire to.
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The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed.
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I design for myself and the first question I ask is, 'Would I wear it?'
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What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.
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You want to put a band-aid on something that needs stitches.
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.