Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes
We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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Every glass thermometer has subtle variations in the size and shape of the bulb at the bottom and the capillary tube inside, as well as variations in the width of gradations on the side. The compounded effect of these uncertainties is that each thermometer reads temperature slightly differently.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to its power to levy taxes. The States may levy them for a great many purposes for which Congress cannot, because to the States belong all of the powers not delegated to Congress.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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Surely, it's one of terrorism's intended effects, to literally stun our morale, to blow up strength and will along with buildings, and the reaction is hard to counter.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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I have never been on the receiving end of a hate crime, or even a disparaging remark to my face.
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One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.
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Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.
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We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.