Phyllis Schlafly Quotes
The real fight is within the Republican Party to get it to nominate grassroots-type candidates who the public wants, and not just some 'echo' of the other side.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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I was a tomboy.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I've tried to show in my most recent book, the 'Irresistible Fairytale', that in order to talk about any genre, particularly what we call simple genre - a myth, a legend, an anecdote, a tall tale, and so on - we really have to understand something about the origin of stories all together.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.
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We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art.
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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
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We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.
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The real fight is within the Republican Party to get it to nominate grassroots-type candidates who the public wants, and not just some 'echo' of the other side.
