#some

If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#call #city #close #come #contempt

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#get #idea #intrigued #listen #lives

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#different #different way #done #fascinating #passage

This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#doing #done #fall #film #i

I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business. ↗

— Ozzie Smith

#business #ever #guard #how #i

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. ↗

— Patti Smith

#competition #enters #god #into #somebody

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. ↗

— Patti Smith

#difficult #difficult times #even #good #good news

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. ↗

— Patti Smith

#jesus #mine #sins #somebody

I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. ↗

— Patti Smith

#across #afghan #agendas #america #board

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting. ↗

— Patti Smith

#drawings #getting #handwriting #i #into