I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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