Emily M. Danforth Quotes
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There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
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We were trailing at the three mile point. The guys picked it up in the last two miles and we were able to pull it off.
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If the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.
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...wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.
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We just were a band one day. We woke up and in the morning we were a band.
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I'm out doing my deal, I'm turning people on. What's wrong with taking people away from their everyday mundane situation and having a good, fun night for an hour and a half at a rock'n'roll scene?
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The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis. We appreciate them only in their effects. We know of them, among other things, that they are always to their possessor, when inordinately possessed, a source of the liveliest enjoyment.
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The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.
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Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.
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Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian.
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You've got to love someone enough to hate them.
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You're waiting for something good to happen to get going, but it's a catch-22. You've got to do something to get yourself going.
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A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.
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For those who know how to read, I have painted my autobiography.
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You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy.
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You can't catch somebody doing something when they're not hiding.
