Betty MacDonald Quotes
In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.
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As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions.
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I am so inspired by new media.
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Outlaw consciousness is born the moment I drop out, stop the world, cease being an actor identified with the mythic roles I have been playing in society. Change begins when I do nothing except observe. The wisdom of the railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen. Meditation is the healthy form of voyeurism.
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An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
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I'm never writing as a character.
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Don't worry about not fitting in. The things that make people think you're weird are what makes you you, and therefore your greatest strength.
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The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.
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You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.
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I'm much more likely to get lynched over 'The Killing' than 'Macbeth.'
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I have written ever since I knew mechanically how to do it.
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What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.
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The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.
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I think it was rather an advantage not having any living poets in England or America in whom one took any particular interest. I don't know what it would be like but I think it would be a rather troublesome distraction to have such a lot of dominating presences, as you call them, about. Fortunately we weren't bothered by each other.
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I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show.
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I love all kinds of music.
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Anything good that we do is because of God. Whenever we get our eyes off of Him we crash and burn.
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In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.
