Alice Duer Miller Quotes

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

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• When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

  

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• I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.

  

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• The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.

  

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• The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle.

  

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• You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

  

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• It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

  

  Alice Duer Miller
  • She
  • Woman
  • Moron