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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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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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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Politicians who do not use the Bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.
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The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.
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I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.
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I can't relate to the people who shoot wolves. I'm guessing the person who shot Wolf 06 wouldn't relate much to me either. You let people go out and shoot hundreds of wolves and watch violent movies, and then you're surprised when they go on a rampage shooting other humans. You can't separate violence like that.
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We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation
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In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.
