Mary Wesley Quotes
Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed in male human skulls; the cruel entertainments of the Romans drew audiences as female as they were male; Boudicca led her British troops bloodily into battle.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.
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I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.
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Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorced. When the bad starts outweighing the good on a consistent basis, you may feel that taking the next step is appropriate. It is a very personal decision and most likely should be arrived upon with the help of some kind of counseling or support.
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It's like there's this boldness that I have where I'm driven by something that I can't name.
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I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
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We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.
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I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.
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Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten.
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The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women.
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It was like I lived in a little suburban neighborhood in the middle of New York City because I could run around barefoot or, you know, completely independently from a very young age in the safety of this building where I knew everybody and where I had friends on every floor, and I knew the bellmen in the lobby.
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I have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so. (15th February 1945)
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Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
