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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It was OK, us being Reds during the war, because we were all on the same side. But then the Cold War started. Almost overnight we became enemies of people who were close friends - they crossed the street to avoid us.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.
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I want to give people theories, I want to expose them to scientific stories that force them to re-evaluate the way they use these three pounds of meat inside their head.
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I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.
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Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
