Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Quotes
A popular saying in Alderson went as follows: 'They work us like a horse, feed us like a bird, treat us like a child, dress us like a man - and then expect us to act like a lady.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.
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Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.
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You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.
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I find love stories satisfying when you can see the work - when you can really watch people find each other and fall in love, a little bit at a time. I like slow burns. Falling in love is so good; why would you want to rush it?
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I'm a bit of a control freak.
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I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.
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The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.
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I just want to balance myself holistically and see what different foods do what to me.
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I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that's really kind of a contradiction.
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I've always read a lot of sci-fi. When my son was younger, I actually went to a 'Star Trek' convention.
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When we're upset, our vocal cords tighten and we can't speak. And when I lie - well, I can't lie, because the same thing happens - everyone who knows me knows that when I start squeaking, I've started lying.
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Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.
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Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.
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A popular saying in Alderson went as follows: 'They work us like a horse, feed us like a bird, treat us like a child, dress us like a man - and then expect us to act like a lady.
