Ernestine Rose Quotes
For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged as mistress of herself. For her cradle to her grave she is another's. We do indeed need and demand the other rights of which I have spoken, but let us first obtain OURSELVES.
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Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
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To succeed [,] consider what is as though it were past, deem yourself inevitable and take credit for it. If you no longer believe, enlarge the temple.
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People's expectations of what I'm capable of doing are very low. People have been used to hearing little one-liners and me play around.
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We must never let the noise of the world overpower and overwhelm that still small voice.
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If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
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The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest.
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I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.
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There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.
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Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]
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I have sold my soul. Just sign right here.
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Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!
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I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.
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You want to know a sure way to lose money? Buy what's popular and don't know what you are investing in.
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I want to be the best safety in the league.
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I'm where I wanted to be. Not taking anything away from the Cleveland Browns ... but I'm a Bengal, and I like staying in Cincinnati. It turns out that I got my wish.
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Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular: In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe. In proportion as men delight in battles, bullfights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack.
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The majority of unskilled investors stubbornly hold onto their losses when the losses are small and reasonable. They could get out cheaply, but being emotionally involved and human, they keep waiting and hoping until their loss gets much bigger and costs them dearly.
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For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged as mistress of herself. For her cradle to her grave she is another's. We do indeed need and demand the other rights of which I have spoken, but let us first obtain OURSELVES.
