Wendy McElroy Quotes
We can see after 200+ years that the American model failed. It is not limited. It is totalitarian. And getting worse.

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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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Sometimes we all work so hard to overcome various things, and we are very cruel as a society and tough on people who we think aren't trying hard enough.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you've done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven't been in work because you've been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.
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Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
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We can see after 200+ years that the American model failed. It is not limited. It is totalitarian. And getting worse.