Sheila Kaye-Smith famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.
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The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.
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Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.
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The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.
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Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.
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Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.
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A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.
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It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.
-- Sheila Kaye-Smith
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God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.
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Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
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I do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe there are fairies, goblins or sprites, and these reasons should be obvious to anyone over the age of ten.
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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
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I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud.
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What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.
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Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
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