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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Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side is up and the other side is down. But there's no sense that they are coming together in a common-sense, practical, nonideological way to solve the problems that we face.
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Theology offers you a working arrangement, which leaves the scientist free to continue his experiments and the Christian to continue his prayers.
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I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself. Will Ferrell
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I think that the needs in human life will change and grow and evolve. I do think that that the importance will always be grander than you would ever believe them to be.
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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.
