Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.The winding road slants downward many a time;Yet each descent is higher than the last.

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• Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

  

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• All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.

  

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• I open the doors for everybody all the time.

  

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• Everything and anything is valuable.

  

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• Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face.

  

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• Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.The winding road slants downward many a time;Yet each descent is higher than the last.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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