The American girl makes a servant of her husband a — John Steinbeck
The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for being a servant.
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Why, Tom, we’re the people that live. They ain’t gonna wipe us out. Why, we’re the people—we go on.
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There’s so much horseshit about babies; schools change every ten years. [My sister] raised a couple of nice ones by forcing them to be considerate or leave the room.... I think people act the way they’re expected to act.
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Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beating up a guy, I’ll be there. . . . I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’r…
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When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
Mark Twain
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think.
Benjamin Disraeli
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
Fred Allen