Anzia Yezierska Quotes
As one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.
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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
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My record speaks for itself.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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The blessing is that my kids have a lot of strong men and strong marriages around them, so I feel like they are getting what they need as far as role modeling. So I don't feel the pressure for them.
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
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But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.
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The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well as long-range missiles.
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It Nobel Peace Prize is a great recognition and honour for millions of children in the world. I hope many more people will join the fight against child slavery. This isn't just about India. It's a global phenomenon. We'll work for this globally. I've been working in 147 countries and my responsibility is with all the world's children.
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Actually my ideal piece of sculpture is a road.
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Some primal termite knocked on wood And tasted it, and found it good! And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.
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A man being sued after a woman has more sex than intended is like Lay’s being sued after someone has more potato chips than intended. In brief, date rape can be a crime, a misunderstanding, or buyer’s remorse.
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She sank again into the salty water...into the delicious warm brine-tasting depths of her grief.
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I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
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Honey, I love to go to parties,And I like to have a good time,But if it gets too pale after a whileHoney and I start looking to findOne good man.
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Slander was about liberals’ methods, Treason was about the political consequences of liberalism, and Godless is about the underlying mental disease that creates liberalism.
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I feel a kind of permission and freedom in my work that I might not allow myself in my real life.
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Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.
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As one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.
