Sara Willis (Fanny Fern) Quotes
O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.
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I know a lot of people who read and think: "George [Saunders] is so much fun." There's no denying you're fun to read, but as a writer I think of [George Saunders] as, in fact, not a fun and freewheeling type but really an obsessive control artist.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.
