Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
Part of Mother went with them. It is an acrobatic feat that only mothers can understand, this ability to be with every child.
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The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I'm a big fan of corsets. A woman's body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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I wake when my wife wakes, at 7:30 A.M. I'd like to sleep longer, but she has to go off to work, and I'd be plagued with guilt.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.
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The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.
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I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
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If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.
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My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
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Part of Mother went with them. It is an acrobatic feat that only mothers can understand, this ability to be with every child.
