Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes
Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.
Quotes to Explore
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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.
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John Hughes loved improvisers.
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Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.
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I constantly think I'll be found out any second. Some of the crazy stuff that goes through your head. Once you've moved on from the scene, that's it: it's going in the telly and there's nowt you can do about it! It's really scary.
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Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
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People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
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No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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Being nomadic isn't sustainable forever. I've gotten to be really good at it.
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If someone thinks, 'I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer,' I don't think that's enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.
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I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'
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I love 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' but in some ways I think 'The Lake of Dreams' is a stronger book. I was able to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's all you can ever do as a writer. From there on you have no control over it.
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We need to beef up STEM education.
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I was beginning to hope someone would attack me.
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May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am trying to make it out.' 'And what is your success?' She shook her head. 'I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.
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When I get "too busy" to pray, I envision Jesus at the Pearly Gates showing me the time I wasted looking for something to watch on Netflix.
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Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.
