Anzia Yezierska Quotes
Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it.

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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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It's important to win with style.
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Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.
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I have always been interested in how strange it is, when you date someone and break up, and then you both move on and continue your lives. What do you owe them, if anything, for that time intimate time spent together? What does that time mean, if anything?
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I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
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Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it.