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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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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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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The father, the mother and the teacher are the three primarily responsible for moulding the future of the country.
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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'm inspired by fashion. I'm inspired by the moonlight. I'm inspired by sex and pornography and slasher films.
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I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there.
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There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.
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In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can't buy love with gifts or favors, you can't hold love by raising an inadequate child, and you can't be secure in love by serving as a good scrub woman or a good provider.
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You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.
