Mona Simpson Quotes
We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.
Quotes to Explore
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When you become a sannyasin, I initiate you into freedom, and into nothing else... I am destroying your ideologies, creeds, cults, dogmas, and I am not replacing them with anything else.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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I am an African and I am very proud of that.
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If we investigate the vague feelings of the average man towards the arts, we find that he is timid and that he has developed a humble belief that art is something which has been invented centuries ago in countries like Greece or Italy and that all we can do about it is study it carefully and apply it.
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My life changed completely. It's crazy now. It's kind of gone from striving and wondering and being confused and being lost to just feeling like the most blessed person in the world - just happy to wake up every day, happy to get on a plane every time. Just couldn't be happier with life, really.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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Metal music is the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the idea that idiots buy cheap trash are getting ripped off.
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The town horse, used to gaudy trappings, no doubt despises the work of his country brother; but yet, now and again, there comes upon him a sudden desire to plough.
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Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.
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As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too - a vigil we must keep in our own streets and schools and among the lives of all our people - so that those who died here on their native soil shall not have died in vain.
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But I have tried to go over it very carefully, not merely what the evidence is, but with psychoanalysts and psychologists, and I think we're just about all agreed that Lincoln and Speed did not have a homosexual relationship.
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I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.
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People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.
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I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.
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A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.
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You're only as big as your last hit.
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The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works.
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I know it's hard to let go of people that have been with you forever. Sometimes it's time to call it a day.
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We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.
