L. Frank Baum Quotes
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
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It doesn't matter if you don't have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.
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Only the great masters of style ever succeed in being obscure.
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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
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I have this dream again and again: I find extra rooms in the place where I live. You could say it's a very New York dream, but I think it's about writing - the feeling that there is something behind a wall or a door.
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If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
