Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
When the country was new, homes, like dresses, were constructed more for wearing qualities than beauty.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.
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Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.
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It's a great opportunity when one gets something new to grasp, and I feel we should just grab it.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
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I like a woman who takes care of herself – it says something about the way she'll care for me.
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In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters reading 'A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the Post Office had a poster saying 'A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do...' or if 'A Woman's Gotta Do...' were written across the body of a pregnant woman...
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Porque saben el nombre de lo que busco ¡creen que saben lo que busco!
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But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.
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I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.
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Gender-based job restrictions tend to be associated with wider wage gaps and lower employment rates for women. And where girls' future earning potential is limited, families may choose to send their brothers to school instead.
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When the country was new, homes, like dresses, were constructed more for wearing qualities than beauty.
