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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My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.
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I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.
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Camden was originally an accident, but I shall never be sorry I was left over in Camden. It has brought me blessed returns.
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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
