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People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future.


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Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.



I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.

I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.



That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.

That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.



I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.



Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.




Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.

Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.



Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?

Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?



No nation ever rises higher than its women.

No nation ever rises higher than its women.



Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!

Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!





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As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.



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Everybody is on something these days. It's a racket. Overprescribing, masking the problem.



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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.



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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.



I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.

I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.



Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.

Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.



A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'



I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.



Well, it's practically over, thank God - I'm 83, there won't be that much more of it to put up with I don't think!

Well, it's practically over, thank God - I'm 83, there won't be that much more of it to put up with I don't think!



I don't like to label films with a genre.

I don't like to label films with a genre.




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