Lizzie Andrew Borden Quotes
I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.
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This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.
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Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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One of the most interesting social trends of the past 20 years is the rise of residential segregation. So rich are living with rich and poor are living with poor.
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A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
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You can be in the public eye all the time and still have a private life, but the important thing is to keep in touch with the people who put you there.
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No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
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In the public debate, while commentators and critics have targeted immigrants with blame and bullying, our nation's immigrants have simply kept on working, kept on contributing, and kept on hoping for a solution.
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My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.
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Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
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I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room.
