Sue Townsend (Susan Lillian Townsend) Quotes
Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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I am a Zionist.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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When you give as a family, not only are you sharing the happiness that giving brings you by watching it translate into positive change, but you are also transmitting your giving values to your children by engaging them in the giving process itself.
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My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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I'd like to be more spontaneous.
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My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what they deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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I've enjoyed all the work I've done, and I feel quite lucky that I haven't been playing sweet girls all the time.
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Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother.
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Whether naïve on my part or not, it seemed worth taking the time to try to convince others that their lives possessed beauty and meaning worth preserving and honoring.
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Perish that thought! No, never be it saidThat Fate itself could awe the soul of Richard.Hence, babbling dreams! you threaten here in vain!Conscience, avaunt! Richard ’s himself again!Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds to horse! away!My soul ’s in arms, and eager for the fray.
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A journal is your completely unaltered voice - it's just for you. And if you know that voice, and you like it, you can bring it out to everyone else, and that's the most honest and vulnerable thing you can do.
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Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
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Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
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What I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes.
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A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones' gave me.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.
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I started feeling it was wrong to withhold my music for money - as strange as that might sound!
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Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
