Naomi Mitchison Quotes
It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.
Naomi Mitchison
Quotes to Explore
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What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would not do that. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Social events are different. If I feel comfortable in a saree for a social event, I wear it.
Indra Nooyi
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After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasn't far enough.
Sam Shepard
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'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
Oscar Wilde
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There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.
Octavio Paz
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A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.
A. J. Liebling
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I acquiesced in this on the grounds that the most anyone can expect from a holiday is a change of agony.
Quentin Crisp
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Ultimately, the best strategy to ensure our security and to build a durable peace is to support the advance of democracy elsewhere. Democracies don't attack each other.
Bill Clinton
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
Victor Mitchell
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If you don't know what a cat is, it's sort of like a stuffed animal... but with a working asshole. I'll admit that when I went to the pound, I was actually shopping for a never ending box of shit, um, and the cat just came with it. 20
Ze Frank
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I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'
Pat Conroy
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I felt at once that the job was not for me, and stayed in it less than a week…
R. M. Williams
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It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.
Naomi Mitchison
