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Mary Catherine Bateson

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."

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"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."

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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

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"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

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"A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away."

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"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

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