Anzia Yezierska Quotes
I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
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All models have faults - that doesnt mean you cant use them as tools for making decisions.
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Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.
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The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
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I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.
