Stevie Smith Quotes
As Nature is always careless and indifferent
Who sees, who steps, means nothing and this is pretty.
Stevie Smith
Quotes to Explore
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
Salman Rushdie
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
Carl Maria von Weber
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
Malala Yousafzai
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Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.
C. Wright Mills
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When I won't have work, say, after seven or eight years, or when I retire, I can't imagine leaving Hyderabad, because I love this city that much.
Rakul Preet Singh
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.
Fareed Zakaria
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
Ramana Maharshi
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
Laura Linney
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Science fiction fans are awesome - they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap. I never dreamed that I would go to conventions and sit down and have coffee with a Klingon. It's so weird, but it's my life.
Katee Sackhoff
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
Kate Brown
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To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre, this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.
Ferdinand Foch
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I loved Heidi Klum, but now I know Kathy Ireland is on the cover of Forbes, so that’s pretty amazing as well.
Kate Upton
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If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.
Charles Sturt
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Samuel Butler
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Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid.
Philippe Petit
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Without language we would have no reason, without reason no religion, and without these three essential aspects of our nature, neither mind nor bond of society.
Johann Georg Hamann
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We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?
Dalai Lama
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As Nature is always careless and indifferent
Who sees, who steps, means nothing and this is pretty.
Stevie Smith
