Emily James Smith Putnam Quotes
The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class.
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I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
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I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.
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Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.
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It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
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I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.'
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
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The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.
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I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
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More than anything, falling in love causes a certain female thing in a man to manifest, oddly enough.
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I love the action that I'm able to do. I grew up in Maine, outdoors and playing with the boys and shooting skeet. I have my girly side, too. But, I do like playing the strong female roles, especially now with something as simple as Twitter, where you've got young women following you.
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I like Lady Gaga because I like that she pushes the envelope.
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My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked.
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I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.
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I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say ‘we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage’...
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Some scientists claim - although these claims are contentious - that they can form deadly isomers with simple X-rays and that hafnium can multiply the power of these X-rays to an astounding degree, converting them into gamma rays up to 250 times more potent than the X-rays.
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The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class.
