Catharine Beecher Quotes
The tea-kettle is as much an English institution as aristocracy or the Prayer-Book.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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There is more to life than show business.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110%, or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.
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Every child has a right to learn in an environment that is safe.
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We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.
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If to describe a misery were as easy to live through it!
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We imagine 'the end' as a world-devastating event, but every time there's a terrible earthquake, a tsunami, an outbreak of disease - that's apocalyptic, on a micro-scale.
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If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.
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I don't do dishes, and I don't cook, either! Everything else, I can do!
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The tea-kettle is as much an English institution as aristocracy or the Prayer-Book.
