Monica Edwards Quotes
There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
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Never kiss in public, but at home I am affectionate.
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The farewell between Hitler and Mussolini at the station was very affectionate. Both men were moved.
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Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
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He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.
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La truffe n'est point un aphrodisiaque positif; mais elle peut, en certaines occasions, rendre les femmes plus tendres et les hommes plus aimables. The truffle is not a true aphrodisiac; but in certain circumstances it can make women more affectionate and men more attentive.
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Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
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Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.
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Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
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If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.
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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
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Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.
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Use the light that is in you to recover your natural clearness of sight.
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Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
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If we get firm conditions, it's going to open the tournament up to a lot more guys.
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There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.
