Annie Elizabeth Delany Quotes
[My mother told me:] "You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career."... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?
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A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.
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I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.
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Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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I never felt truly at home in Switzerland.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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We lived in the schoolhouse of the village school in Church Preen, in deepest Shropshire, and my mum was the schoolmistress. She taught the juniors, and one other teacher taught the infants. I went there from the age of three, no doubt as a form of childcare.
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I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears.
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When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors.
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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
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I truly feel that being a woman, and particularly a mother, has had a large impact on my campaign.
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[My mother told me:] "You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career."... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?
