Casey Miller (Casey Geddes Miller) Quotes
conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.
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The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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It's frightening and glamorous and exciting at the same time. I wouldn't change it for anything! After the bad and sad times in my life, it's something I want to do.
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If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him? Is it just my pride that's wounded?
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I didn’t want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I’ve tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.
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God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.
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No government functions without the grease of corruption.
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This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the heart but, pull thin, it would drape the entire world.
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Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much.
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conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.
