Norah Vincent Quotes
Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of our great collective female shortcomings to presume that whatever we do not perceive simply isn't there, or that whatever is not communicated in our language is not intelligible speech.
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The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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I've got a transcendental way of thinking about things. I've got a galactic self.
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One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
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All my life, everything has been a contest.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.
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What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.
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Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
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I think everybody has their own process as a leader, and I think for me it's ever-evolving.
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May hope rise within you. May peace wash over you.
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I'd like to sing songs that are mellower. I don't want to be screaming when I'm 60.
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Major Clark is one of the most outstanding officers of his grade in the U.S. Army... an officer of impeccable character with a rare blend of personal qualities and professional attributes which uniquely qualify him as a soldier-scholar.
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Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of our great collective female shortcomings to presume that whatever we do not perceive simply isn't there, or that whatever is not communicated in our language is not intelligible speech.
