Well, there’s a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.
BETTY SMITHIt takes a lot of doing to die.
More Betty Smith Quotes
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Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains – a cup of strong hot coffee when you’re blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you’re alone – just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.
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No. I don’t want to need anybody. I want someone to need me … I want someone to need me.
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I never listen to what people tell me and I can’t read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way I feel about things. If I feel bad, it’s wrong. If I feel good, it’s right.
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But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
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There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.
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And that’s where the whole trouble is. We’re too much alike to understand each other because we don’t even understand our own selves.
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Some people do crossword puzzles. I do books.
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Having risen above his environment, he can forget it; or, he can rise above it and never forget it and keep compassion and understanding in his heart for those he has left behind him in the cruel upclimb.
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The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child’s life.
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All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live.
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I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married?
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New York! I’ve always wanted to see it and now I’ve see it. It’s true what they say– it’s the most wonderful city in the world.
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As long as one can suffer, one is living….live and suffer until life is gone.
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How much do they be paying you?” he asked mellowly. “The usual salary. A little more than they think I’m worth and a little less than I think I’m worth.
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Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret
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