Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) Quotes
I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.
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The Savior’s words are simple, yet their meaning is profound and deeply significant. We are to love God and to love and care for our neighbors as ourselves. Imagine what good we can do in the world if we all join together, united as followers of Christ, anxiously and busily responding to the needs of others and serving those around us — our families, our friends, our neighbors, our fellow citizens.
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President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.
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I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent.
