#were

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#been #book #forgotten #gospels #had

We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#date #engaged #first #three-and-a-half #weeks

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

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. ↗

— Patti Smith

#coming #communication #engaged #hollywood #materialistic

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. ↗

— Patti Smith

#had #hendrix #i #jim #jimi

I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cure #i #important #out #over

Like I can't cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can't let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cry #else #god #i #inside

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it. ↗

— Samantha Smith

#first #going #never #ones #said

I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove. ↗

— Vernon L. Smith

#biscuits #both #cooked #fresh #hot

In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons. ↗

— Will Smith

#across #appreciated #black #board #comedy