Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal to men. Equal, indeed! she knew they were superior.
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Comic-Con is really cool. It's different. I like to people-watch. I like to see the costumes.
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.
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Helplessness is the real secret and the impelling power of prayer.
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I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
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I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing them in a way that they become something else.
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I work in the human rights field and there are serious conflicts between certain interpretations of Islamic law and human rights. That's something which I don't make any bones about at all, it's something which I think is very important for everyone to address, including the Muslim community, and many Muslims are addressing that issue.
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It seems to me that since the Middle Ages (it's not a Reformation thing), all that stuff about Jews and Gentiles coming together in Christ was just screened out.
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The guitar's still around me. I slip it off and put it down. I want to feel him. To feel his breath on my neck. The warmth of his skin. To feel something other than sadness. Hold me, I tell him silently. Hold me here. To this place. This life. Make me want you. Want this. Want something. Please
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
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It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that you're just not a part of the equation when it comes to sexuality and I think that people mistake your lack of opportunity with the level of your talent.
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I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable.
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The wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that the wrong people ensure the wrong political climate and the wrong political climate ensures the wrong people. How then to break free of this vicious circle?
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When I get stressed out my de-stress default is - not cat videos - but I just watch his surrogates. They're so entertaining. It's like escapees from the Nordstrom cosmetics counter.
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Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.
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If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
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But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.
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We were made to be human beings here, and when people try to be anything else, they generally get into some sort of scrapes.
