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"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

"My mother is my friendWho shares with me her breadAll my hopelessness cured!Her company makes me secured!"

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died-what I call your 'spiritual security'-knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."
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"Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women."


"I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of."


"As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York."


"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."


"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung."
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