Agnes Smedley Quotes
But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline.
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Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.
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I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.
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Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.
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But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
