Ethel Lynn Beers Quotes
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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I came to America when I was 9. My mother brought me.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it.
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A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
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My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.
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Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!
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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.
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Yes, Lord, you are innocence itself: how could you conceive of Nothingness, you who are plenitude? Your gaze is light and transforms all into light: how could you know the half-light in my heart?
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It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.
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I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.
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I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.
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I always felt like my value was much more in my intellect than it was in my appearance, and so that's what I spent time cultivating. And some of that I get from my mother, some of that comes from the schools that I went to, and some of that comes from probably insecurity.
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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
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When done with heart, commitment, and integrity, every job is equally important.
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I always wanted to be on the radio. But my background is more entertainment than journalism.
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If you were president 50 years ago, the tragedy in Syria might not even penetrate what the American people were thinking about on a day to day basis. Today, they're seeing vivid images of a child in the aftermath of a bombing.
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Only a mother's heart can be Patient enough for such as he.
