Susan Glaspell (Susan Keating Glaspell) Quotes
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.
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I have American friends in France, and when I meet with them, they tell me about everything that is wrong with France. I think there is a general expat syndrome, which means that whatever country you are in, you are always missing your own country and always thinking that the country you live in is actually not as good as it could be.
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In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
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I want every Israeli child, secular and religious, to know about Moses, about Maimonides, about Yoni Netanyahu, about Hannah Senesh and S. Y. Agnon. I want every child to know how to read the Bible, and know how to make Kiddush.
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Generalized statements … which instill nebulous fear without specific information are exactly in line with the goals of terrorism. 25.
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The 1963 Corvair, which has some remarkable characteristics. It's one of the few cars I know that can do the bossa nova on dry pavement and the watusi on wet.
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I can do without a television or a telephone, I think.
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Being in this business and surviving day-to-day can be a constant struggle. It's about learning how to be your own super hero, put on your own cape, and be a well-rounded individual.
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Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
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I identify as an agent when I'm agenting, and I identify as an author when I'm writing. I expect both those things to be true for as long as I'm able to do them.
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In my view - which could be wrong, but it is my field - there is no better formula for social instability than to divide a society between two ascribed characteristics that are seen as opposite.
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Truth is only an illusion we have forgotten is an illusion.
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When a scientist says he believes the Bible--that doesnt give me anymore more faith in the Bible that gives me more faith in the scientist.
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Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space.
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Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.
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And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
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Resentment opens no door and breeds no courage.
