Agnes Macphail Quotes
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create!
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I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.
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As the years passed in my village, I witnessed poorly educated young men leaving to seek the greater comforts and liberations of big cities. I would see them on my visits to Delhi.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.
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When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.
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The gospel needs to be preached all over the world. You cannot light a candle and put it under a roof.
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If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.
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I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
