Anna Garlin Spencer Quotes
The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.
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My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.
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In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.
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As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
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Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream.
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There is a way by which persons can keep their consciences clear before God and man, and that is to preserve within them the spirit of God, which is the spirit of revelation to every man and woman. It will reveal to them, even in the simplest of matters, what they shall do, by making suggestions to them. We should try to learn the nature of this spirit, that we may understand its suggestions, and then we will always be able to do right. This is the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint.
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Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.
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The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.
