Phyllis McGinley Quotes
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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Acting is in your soul.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
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It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
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I used to have 20/20 vision, believe it or not; that's gone because of all the reading I did when I wasn't supposed to, reading in the back of a car, waiting for each street light to go past so I could grab another sentence.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
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You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.
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While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
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I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.
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I went through my whole life wanting to feel I belonged. I was very, very lonely, so I would marry people that I wasn't really in love with, and who weren't right for me, because I hoped they would be.
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Science fiction offers its writers chances of embarrassment that no other form of fiction does.
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... I am a New York designer and the things are made in New York...
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'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,' said Jefferson, 'it expects what never was and never will be.'
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Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
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I am parshial to ladies if they are nice I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it but cant be helped anyhow.
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We have to find places that we protect away from government so that we can all be the unique and interesting and, in my case, somewhat deviant people we'd like to be.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!'
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A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
