Bel Kaufman Quotes
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
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If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?
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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
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I've loved all of my time here.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.
Charles B. Rangel -
One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.
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Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
