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“It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.”
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“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
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“Every event, menial or momentous, has a first step. And it goes on and on, until the last day. And even on that day, we have a first-time experience. On that day, the bud becomes a blossom. For the first time, we die.”
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“... they let her know that she was unwelcome, and a burden they did not know what to do with. Having to deal with a man who is over-qualified for a job is bad enough. To have to cope with an over-qualified woman in any situation is a complete misfortune.”
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“You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.”
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“Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.”
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“... the world tells us what we are to be, and shapes us by the ends it sets before us. To you it says — work; and to us it says — seem!”
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“... a manufactured interest has no staying quality — especially if it involves any hard work.”