Stevie Smith Quotes
I am hungry to be interrupted For ever and ever amen O Person from Porlock come quickly And bring my thoughts to an end.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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My grandmother died in 1991 and I was born in '86. We only met once, but I didn't speak English and she didn't speak Spanish - so we had a communication problem.
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ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.
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Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
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The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.
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I was starting all over. It's a tough road up here and last year, for whatever reason, I probably deserved it (the criticism).
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Professional people make everything look perfect, they make everything that you're wearing look great, if it's in a picture or on the runway.
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Corbyn's words imply a serious lack of moral judgement. Just as all Muslims are not to blame for ISIS, not all Brits are to blame for [Jeremy] Corbyn.
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The motorcycle is a device created by the team of God and Darwin to rid the world of useless young males.
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And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.
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As a citizen, and as the state's lawyer, I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be.
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There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.
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A violent scene is art, as much as a sex scene is art. For me, all the scenes were a challenge.
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Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.
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I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.
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They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective.
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Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
