Catherine Helen Spence Quotes
Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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I feel like I'm meant to be a mom.
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If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
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Ah, Los Angeles. One disaster after another, always has been.
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His (Deschamps’) complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.
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Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.
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Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth
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When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, 'Peace, child; you don't understand.'
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Hochschild’s biggest mistake, though, was one made by almost every popularized housework study: not adequately measuring men’s contribution to work around the home. For example, if mom drives the children to daycare, it’s called housework; if dad drives the family to grandma’s, it isn’t called housework.
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Whatever it is, it’s OK because it’s what it is. Don’t be looking for perfection. Don’t be short-tempered with yourself. And you’ll be a whole lot nicer to be around with everyone else.
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I blinked and I cured my brain.
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When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.
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There's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio and conversation, and it was okay to just be alone with your thoughts and the road ahead. If you're that comfortable with someone, you don't have to talk.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
