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We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number. ↗

— Nathaniel Smith

#difficulties #eighty #fear #great #great number

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. ↗

— Patti Smith

#childhood #fanciful #financial #great #had

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story. ↗

— Patti Smith

#daughter #grow #grow up #heavy #i

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#better #better singer #could #i #regrets

My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#china #cup #drink #english #father

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up. ↗

— Robert Smith

#ever #grow #grow up #i #like

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else. ↗

— Robert Smith

#being #born #children #constant #else

I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job. ↗

— Robert Smith

#fun #grown #have fun #i #i do

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was. ↗

— Robert Smith

#desire #ever #famous #greatest #had

I married somebody who likes the way I look. If I changed my hair every year, and I reinvented myself in time-honoured pop fashion, I think understandably the person I'm married to would grow slightly sick of me. ↗

— Robert Smith

#every #fashion #grow #hair #i