Elizabeth Oakes Smith Quotes
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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You're not a slave to those test audiences.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
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I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.
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After having supplied myself with provisions from Mr. Travis's, I scratched a hole under a pile of fence rails in a field, where I concealed myself for six weeks, never leaving my hiding place but for a few minutes in the dead of night to get water, which was very near.
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My problem is that I am perhaps too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those.
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Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
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I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart!Though day is bright,The stars can only shineIn the dark night.Be strong, O Heart of mine,Look towards the light!
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The thing is, our generation, we fight every day to get through life.
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The best way to use these lists to replace anger with love in real life is to nurture each other by doing for your partner what your partner normally does for you.
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Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It gives context to what's happening right now. History is cyclical but circumstances and technology change. So when social justice topics come up, they're not new. They're just being covered more. We have more ways to record it now.
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Only a dad with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fameTo show how well he has played the game;But glad in his heart that his own rejoiceTo see him come and to hear his voice.
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White wing'd angels meet the child On the vestibule of life.
