Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"A smooth life is not a victorious life."
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Henry Rollins
Musician, Writer, Actor
"I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride."
Walt Disney
Animator, Film Producer
"I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream."
Oprah Winfrey
Television host, producer, philanthropist
"Nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It’s just life’s way of saying, ‘Time to change course.’"
Katharine Hepburn
Actress
"Love fattens on smooth words."
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"Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not."
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"It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride."
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"I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker."
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"The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture."
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"Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?"
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"Always take hold of things by the smooth handle."
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"Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing."
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"The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger."
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"You can't climb a smooth mountain"
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"Politeness smooths wrinkles."
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"and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious"
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"A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand."
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"Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?"
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"What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?"
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"There is no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles."
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"She wanted only tall smooth bottles whose labels spoke of Proof."
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"Water and oil, simply considered, are capable of giving some pleasure to the taste. Water, when simple, is insipid, inodorous, colorless, and smooth; it is found, when not cold, to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres; this power it probably owes to its smoothness."
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"So false is faction, and so smooth a liar, As that it never had a side entire."
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"only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll."
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"Take things always by their smooth handle."
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