Frances O'Grady Quotes
My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
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I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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My hero is Roger Federer.
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If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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You can always spot a well informed man - his views are the same as yours.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
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I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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As far as people whose style interests me, I'd say Grace Kelly, Gwen, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, and that nanny called Fran.
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I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.
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How to describe the excitement I felt when I saw this beautiful work and realized its potential? I guess it's like when, after a long journey, suddenly a mountain peak comes in full view. You catch your breath, take in its majestic beauty, and all you can say is "Wow!" It's the moment of revelation. You have not yet reached the summit, you don't even know yet what obstacles lie ahead, but its allure is irresistible, and you already imagine yourself at the top. It's yours to conquer now. But do you have the strength and stamina to do it?
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When you do not recognize the wrongs of the past, the future takes its revenge. -Author forgotten
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My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty.
