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The women of my generation and my daughter's generation, they were very active in moving along the social change that would result in equal citizenship stature for men and women.

Active Along Change Citizenship
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The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections.

Democrats Elections Fine Get
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If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

Bounds Cease Greatest Moderation
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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

Always Arrive Ends Fear
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As I've got older, and since I cut all my hair off, I've felt a bit more liberated about trying different things out.

About Bit Cut Different
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'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer.

Answer Billionaire Brains Brainy
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I owe undying gratitude to my patient parents.
Gratitude Owe Parents Patient
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I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me.

Being Change Choice Clothes
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A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

Happy Childhood The Worst
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There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.

Doors People Personality
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I’m always intrigued by my nonsensical concern with picking out a bunch of things that look exactly alike the ones that somehow I feel are the best and belong to me. It’s that same crazy urge or superstition, or whatever it is, that makes me open a Bible in a hotel room, hoping for some great happenstance spiritual word of advice. More often than not, I hit a long passage of begats and begots, which contain little inspiration other than the fact that procreation is the highest aim of life.

Spiritual Crazy Inspiration
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My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.

Always Beloved Each Mom
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The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themselves in the mirror.

Democrats Republic Same Guy
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I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

Remember First Half Life
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All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

American American Literature Book Huckleberry Finn
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I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.

Choose Chose Had Me
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A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

Becomes Forget He His
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Dont just listen to sensual music focusing on sex, parties and materialism. They keep you in the soulish realm where there's little inspiration. Listen to music focusing on love, sacrifice and courage. It stirs up the divine and inspires greatness

Inspiration Sensual Love Greatness
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Come Humor Hurt Laughter
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Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Another Assigned Branch Doctrine
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Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Any Because Bureaucrats Change
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Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed into my administration.

Place Appointed Corrupt Will
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This generation of Nigerians, and, indeed the future generation, have no country other than Nigeria; we shall stay and salvage it together!

Future Stay Country Salvage
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A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

Be The First First First Step I Think
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The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

Bible Gave Hours I Think
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This generation of Nigerians and indeed the future generation have no country other than Nigeria, we shall stay and salvage it together!

Stay Future Country Together
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We have to upgrade our dilapidated physical infrastructure. No single cause can be identified to explain Nigerian’s poor economic performance over the years than the power situation. It is a national shame that an economy of 180 million generates only 4,000MW, and distributes even less.

Power Shame Economy Single
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Education Every Family Information
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We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.

Because Build Cannot Every
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Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.

Above Arise Both Commitment
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

Race Class Money Distinctions
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There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

Alike Beneficial Central Development
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When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.

Company Drawing Feel Full
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Don't just follow Christ emotionally, or rationally, or physically, or even just spiritually. Follow Him totally. Don't just be interested in God. Rather, be committed. God rewards those who seek Him diligently, not those who seek Him casually

Christ God Rewards Emotionally
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Single life is so overrated.
Life Overrated Single Single Life
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Dont dominate people. They will rebel against you. Rather, dominate yourself and people will nominate you as their leader

Rebel Dominate Yourself Leader
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I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses.

Developed Had Hopes Intended
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My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.

Accept Advice Allow Democratic
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Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.

Fantasy Fiction Literature Mainstream
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

About Beyond Bury Child
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

Chickens Discouraging Know Literature
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Don't be competitive, take life easy. Avoid rat race because even if you win the race, you are still a rat.

Win Race Life Easy
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
Adjustment Insane Insanity Perfectly
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

Achieved Alienation Beings Destiny
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

Arms Debates Disarmament Imperative
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Afterwards Both Cleaning Exhaustion
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Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

Back Chemistry Color Convinced
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I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.

Always Been Brought Chemistry
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.

Also Breakdown Death Enslavement
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.

Behavior Experience Gets Labeled
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