Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
You could not stop the winds and you could not stop Time. It went on and on,-and on.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.
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I am happy in Paris.
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One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.
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I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
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As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
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A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging.
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The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.
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Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.
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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
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Man Repeller is intended to chronicle all the fashion trends that women love and men hate. I started it because I am woman with a deep appreciation for harem pants. And sometimes blaming clothing on a sad love life is easier than blaming oneself!
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The experience of pregnancy - it depends on your situation, but it can be quite isolating.
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With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch, we shared the view that it undermines the efforts of the various countries concerned to achieve the resolution through dialogue.
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You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.
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You could not stop the winds and you could not stop Time. It went on and on,-and on.
