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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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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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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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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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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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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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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After 'The Way Back,' which was so epic and so rich, it was like, 'What will I do now?'
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If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.
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I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma.
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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.
