Catherine Drinker Bowen Quotes
A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career.
Catherine Drinker Bowen
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I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead.
Sally Kellerman
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Joanne Rowling
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
E. B. White
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
Fergie
The Black Eyed Peas
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As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.
Damon Lindelof
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A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann
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Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up.
Tawni O'Dell
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Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career.
Catherine Drinker Bowen
