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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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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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