Dorothy Dix Quotes
There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.
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'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.
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One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
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I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with something to say. I haven't. I've got nothing to say. My opinion is of no consequence or value.
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I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.
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I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.
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There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.
