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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The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!
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I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.
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At 25, my idea of success may have been more vain, like, "I'll be good the day that there's $20 million in my account and I have this particular house and the wife and 2.5 kids." But at 40 - and I know it's kind of silly telling you guys this - but as long as my Metacritic rating stays above 80, that's all I care about.
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?
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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.
