E. M. Forster Quotes
All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don't know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.
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I think it's so important to be healthy and confident and natural. And not put too much stress on trying to be thin - I don't get the thin, thin thing at all.
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All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don't know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.
