Dorothy Day Quotes
When Dr. Stern wanted to know whether I was an alcoholic, when Dwight Macdonald asked me seriously whether I drank longshoremen under the table - I can only confess that yes, I did 'fling roses with the throng.'
Quotes to Explore
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My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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The establishment of free trade agreements can be a critical and progressive step towards greater economic integration, and continues to become more valuable in an increasingly global world.
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To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.
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I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.
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A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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We agree that man was not created to survive in space.
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I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.
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We convince by our presence.
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By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.
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I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
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Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
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I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.
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I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
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Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.
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U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.
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When Dr. Stern wanted to know whether I was an alcoholic, when Dwight Macdonald asked me seriously whether I drank longshoremen under the table - I can only confess that yes, I did 'fling roses with the throng.'
