Michael W. Smith Quotes
I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.
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There is a kind of mysticism to writing.
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To be honest, I've never been interested in how many games I've done and seen. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. All I know is I'm eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
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Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;Behind the clouds the sun is shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fall,Some days must be dark and dreary.
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Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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'Don’t talk to me like you understand my sins.''Don’t talk to me like you know what I do and do not understand.' Alvin chuckled grimly. 'Oh, that mouth you’ve got.''You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.'
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In many instances the conduct of colored workmen, and those who have spoken for them, has not been in asking or demanding that equal rights be accorded to them as to white workmen, but somehow conveying the idea that they are to be petted and coddled and given special consideration and special privilege. Of course that can't be done.
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My life is like a music-hall,Where, in the impotence of rage,Chained by enchantment to my stall,I see myself upon the stageDance to amuse a music-hall.
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Hairdressers are all-knowing. They're so wise.
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I shall seeThe hour of death draw near to me,Hope, blossoming within my heart. . . .
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Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
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I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.
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The diamond scintillates less brilliantly when the fingers move rapidly than when they undulate and pivot. Glossy leaves throw off less light in a high wind than under the calm wavering of a breeze. Brusque movements of the eye cast a single gleam, and slow movements add a thousand others.
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To LGBT men and women worldwide, let me say this: wherever you live and whatever the circumstances of your life, whether you are connected to a network of support or feel isolated and vulnerable, please know that you are not alone.
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I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.
