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"Always keep in mind how you can best use this time that you call life."
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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."
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"Time is an illusion of life the life of the past and the future clouds men from the true life of the present."
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"Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them."
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"Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough."
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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."
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"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."
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"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."
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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."
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"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."
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"You have to defend your honor. And your family."
Family
"A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized."
Writing
"Girls are crazy and mean. They don't fight fair."
Fight
"Some girls are taught to be sexy."
Girls
"How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective."
Perspective
"To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently."
Thought
"If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect."
Business
"In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time."
Time
"I don't think gender is aesthetically defining for me."
Gender
"When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before."
Life
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