Catherine Helen Spence Quotes
Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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Money for me today does not really matter.
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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
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I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
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Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution partners. Why should they give away their profit margins?
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I come from a democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.
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You want your kids to grow with the right culture and values, and the toughest part would be finding out how to instill those values in your kids.
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If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?
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If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.
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I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.
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If people take the fight for justice seriously in their own country and with partners and immigrants in their community and folks in the international community, I believe that we will see human rights for all people affirmed.
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Don't aim at any impossible heroisms. Strive rather to be quiet in your own sphere. Don't live in the cloudland of some transcendental heaven; do your best to bring the glory of a real heaven down, and ray it out upon your fellows in this work-day world.
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I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up...and forgive.
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Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.
