Ellen Goodman Quotes

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.

Ellen Goodman

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Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

Anderson Cooper

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If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

Jean-Paul Sartre

SomeoneLiteratureWorthTrouble

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

Mary Baker Eddy

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I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

Mary Cheney

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The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

Jules Verne

FutureGreatWaterCircleEarthNow

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

Diane Cilento

ChildrenBedBecauseOnceParental

Women are all the same; we want to be smaller in the waist, longer legs, slimmer. I design for women and their defects, to make them better.

Donatella Versace

WomenBetterDesignWantLegsSame

Sometimes we are so busy helping others that we forget about ourselves. Remember, it's okay to say no and to ask others to carry their own weight.

Chris Gardner

BusyRememberForgetSometimesSay

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

Chief Joseph

LifeMenPeopleWhiteMy OwnOwn

When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.

Archie Panjabi

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Luckily, now I think that I attract people that are really nice, like my fans, who are really lovely people. They are really encouraging, and they help other people out as well, which, it's really great.

Anne-Marie

GreatPeopleThinkHelpNiceNow

The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being.

Alfred Doblin

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