Gertrude Atherton Quotes
When I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't know if I'll ever make a record, or if this is always going to be something just floating around in my head.'
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.
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With every social media, there's hate and things like that.
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I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.
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I did grow up reading the 'Twilight' books. I feel guilty, but I was always Team Edward.
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.
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In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
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There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.
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If you live to be 1000 years old, I hope I live to be 1000 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
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When President Ronald Reagan asked me a stupid question once, I called him an idiot in public! I thought I was going to be arrested, but he laughed and appreciated me.
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I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
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When I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.
