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


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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.



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!



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

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





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The living and efficaciously acting moral order is itself God. We require no other God, nor can we grasp any other.

The living and efficaciously acting moral order is itself God. We require no other God, nor can we grasp any other.



All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.



I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy

I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy



You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.

You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.



On her daughter: And she's going through all these changes. You know, it's just crazy times.

On her daughter: And she's going through all these changes. You know, it's just crazy times.



Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.



I find that students are very strong on my issues, stronger than anyone: anti-death penalty, anti-racial profiling, campaign finance reform, questioning the anti-terrorism bill.

I find that students are very strong on my issues, stronger than anyone: anti-death penalty, anti-racial profiling, campaign finance reform, questioning the anti-terrorism bill.



I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.




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