Eleanor Porter Quotes
Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
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It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.
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If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pele.
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I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.
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About 4000 men, women and teenagers regularly venture out to play a game in -20 weather and stinging prairie winds. Bundled in sweaters and snow suits, balaclavas on their heads and suction cupped shoes on their feet. They slip and slide across the outdoor hockey rinks chasing a soft rubber puck in the Sponge Hockey Capital of the World.
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Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas.
