Karen Essex Quotes
It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity.
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I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?
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The Queen was really thrilled that we'd had a little girl, and when we came back here to Kensington, she was one of her first visitors.
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We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
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But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality.
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...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.
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You're going to make mistakes. The key is to learn from them as fast as possible and make changes as soon as you can. That's not always easy to do because ego and pride get in the way, but you have to put all that aside and look at the big picture.
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With myself, Mario Balotelli, Robinho, Alessandro Matri, Giampaolo Pazzini, and now Kaka, we will be too strong.
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
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States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
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Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is to be born and die each minute...All the elements of life are in constant flight from us, with darkness and clarity intermingled, the vision and the eclipse; we look and hasten, reaching out our hands to clutch; every happening is a bend in the road...and suddenly we have grown old. We have a sense of shock and gathering darkness; ahead is a black doorway; the life that bore us is a flagging horse, and a veiled stranger is waiting in the shadows to unharness us.
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It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity.
