Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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I didn't realize it. It looks like my career happened overnight, but it didn't. I was basically living on my own from when I was 17 on.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.
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Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.
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Strange as these words may sound I often play with the idea that when all the social theories collapse and wars and revolutions leave humanity in utter gloom, the poet - whom Plato banned from his Republic - may rise up to save us all.
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I really don't like talking about diets.
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Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.
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I went to a private girls' school where I was one out of five girls in the class who looked like me.
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Normally, at a debate or a town hall, I would be quick to say to someone, 'That was rude,' or, 'We're going to try to keep it civil here,' or, 'Let's not have personal attacks.'
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There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with my parents. We had cheap holidays, I had to save for my bike and get a paper round as soon as I was old enough.
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I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.
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I put some thought in it and decided to come on down and see if I can't help this team in some shape and form to get into the playoffs.
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To love in any way is to be like a child—it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such thing as free love; love is the most costly expression in the world. To love romantically is to give of oneself fully and completely, a merging and meshing of souls so that the twain become a unity. It is to allow the sense of wonder to fully enrapture.
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I'm comfortable with being a voluptuous woman because I'm not going to be a size two and that's ok with me.
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When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.
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One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.
