Nella Larsen Quotes
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We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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Music was my one way to vent.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.
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Dogs are nicer than people.
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I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.
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Faith begins where religious pretension ends.
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The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.
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Everybody in my neighborhood in the '40s, they played pianos. That's how people partied. They didn't try the TV, the radio was OK, records was cool, but when people wanted to party, they got around a piano. My mother played piano, my sister played. I've been around a lot of piano all my life.
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There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.
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Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.
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The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.
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First impressions are always unreliable.
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I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea.
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Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming.
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I do movies I would go to see.
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Taking a call girl to an STD fair... there's a joke here.
