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“When you go into a strange charcuterie, be brave. Take your time and buy small amounts of all the pates. There will not be sulks and signs a l'anglaise — nor murmurings from the other customers behind. An enterprising greed is the quickest way to any French person's generosity and kindness.”
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“As to marriage, I think the intercourse of heart and mind may be fully enjoyed without entering into this partnership of daily life.”
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“If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet.”
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“The classroom in the modern city child's life is the only equivalent for what used to be 'his community.'”
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“It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.”
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“It's animal by animal that you save a species.”
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“... much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.).”
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“The militants differed from the pure propagandists in the woman suffrage movement chiefly in that they had a clear comprehension of the forces which prevail in politics. They appreciated the necessity of the propaganda stage and the beautiful heroism of those who had led in the pioneer agitation, but they knew that this stage belonged to the past; these methods were no longer necessary or effective.”