Mabel Osgood Wright Quotes
Mother love is invariably held sacred, as it should be, but why has father love never had its due?
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I was very rebellious.
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I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
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Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
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It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.
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The thing that bums me out about 'The Real World' is I don't want to believe that teenagers are that stupid.
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Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.
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We see and hear about Israelis and Palestinians only when they are defined by the global media as 'occupiers,' 'terrorists,' and 'victims.' But we forget that they are fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and neighbors and doctors and shop-owners and farmers and students.
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We need cultural awareness and a cooperative approach with other countries versus a dominating approach.
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Mother love is invariably held sacred, as it should be, but why has father love never had its due?
