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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You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out.
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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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If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
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There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it crept up the mountain side and slipped down to the depth of the valley.
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Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.
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I remember and know the Bill of Rights. But my instincts tell me to be helpful, and (that attitude) is surprising to a lot of cops who deal with Internet crimes.
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The Holy Spirit can’t remind you of something you never read which is why it’s important to memorize scripture. When you have Bible verses inscribed in your mind, you’re carrying a concealed weapon to use against the enemy in battle. Find a passage today and begin laying up His words in your heart and in doing so you will be prepared for any trials that will come.
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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.
