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 see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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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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I cannot believe the president searched the country and was unable to find a qualified female nominee, ... More likely, he was unable to find a qualified female nominee who satisfied that far right wing of the Republican Party.
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Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ”—Badu pauses to get her words together; she wants this point to be very clear—“. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.
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Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.
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When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?
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I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'
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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.
