Eleanor Rathbone Quotes
Continually measuring women's wants by men's achievements seems out of date, ignominious, and intolerably boring. ... Now that we have secured possession of the tools of citizenship, we intend to use them not to copy men's models but to produce our own.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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I'll say anything to live.
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I have a strange relationship with influences because mine are mostly literary or painters or poets, who I'll even quote. I don't do tributes to cinema.
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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If I am confirmed to this position, my first priority will be to maintain consistency and continuity with the policies established during the Greenspan years.
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Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration.
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Wearing makeup is an apology for our actual faces.
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Patience is idling your motor when you feel like stripping a gear.
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Anyone would be lying if they said they didn't get lonely at times.
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Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course is hard to do when you've had them and you're not even off the first tee.
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Well I am always interested my people's right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms.
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My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color were what they cared about most in the world.
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You’re just the boy who cries love then you turn around and run. Yeah, you’re the boy who cries love. You do it just for fun.
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For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.
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I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.
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To be honest I don’t want to always be referred to as the black swimmer from Britain. I want to be known for my achievements. But perhaps it is necessary if it helps inspire another child to get in the pool, aged eight, and to just give it a go.
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Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.
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One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.
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Continually measuring women's wants by men's achievements seems out of date, ignominious, and intolerably boring. ... Now that we have secured possession of the tools of citizenship, we intend to use them not to copy men's models but to produce our own.
