Lydia M. Child Quotes

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

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• You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Mother
  • You
  • Know

• I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Space
  • Years
  • Battle

• Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.

  

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi
  • May
  • Election
  • Promises

• You need to train your brain to be positive.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Brain
  • Positive
  • Train

• When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Good
  • Body
  • Better

• I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Attention
  • Student
  • Paid

• I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Fear
  • Pride
  • Gratitude

• As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Love
  • Me
  • Inspired

• Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Great
  • Guy
  • Rock

• I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Today
  • Media
  • Still

• I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Feel
  • Kid
  • Relaxed

• I don't run behind authority.

  

  Naguib Sawiris
  • Authority
  • Run
  • Behind

• It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.

  

  Abdolkarim Soroush
  • Up
  • God
  • Religion

• We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • People
  • Challenge
  • Green

• I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.

  

  Nas
  • World
  • Amazing
  • Achievement

• When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.

  

  T. E. Lawrence
  • God
  • Myself
  • Forever

• I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

  

  Vince Flynn
  • Libertarian
  • Bit

• Ultimately, an aircraft owner does not want to have to deal with all the intricate details which are necessary for the business.

  

  Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda
  • Business
  • Deal
  • Aircraft

• Go ahead, marry her. Don't marry her, man. How do you know where she's been? Huh! How do you know she's not the biggest fucking whore to ever walk this fucking town, man? I went with this one girl, she was such a fucking tramp, I had to double park my dick on her ass and wait an hour to get in. It's unfuckingbelievable, I'm telling ya.

  

  Andrew Dice Clay
  • She
  • Girl

• I never really got into 'The Munsters' that much, but there was one aspect that was compelling. That was Marilyn. She was the only normal one among this group of creatures.

  

  Bruce Eric Kaplan
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• People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.

  

  John Wells
  • People
  • She

• If you cut down the forest, you know what happens: The whole of Asia turns into a desert. Without water, you're talking civil unrest, war, mud slides - the whole bloody lot.

  

  Mark Shand
  • War
  • Water
  • Desert

• I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

  

  Lydia M. Child
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