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“Marriage is not a reform school.”
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“The fact is, you don't have to be brilliant, funny, nice, or sane to be successful in an office.”
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“... each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.”
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“Unlike many of his contemporaries among the deities of the ancient Near East, the God of Israel shared his power with no female divinity, nor was he the divine Husband or Lover of any. He can scarcely be characterized in any but masculine epithets: king, lord, master, judge, and father. Indeed, the absence of feminine symbolism for God marks Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in striking contrast to the world's other religious traditions, whether in Egypt, Babylonia, Greece and Rome, or in Africa, India, and North America, which abound in female symbolism. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic theologians today are quick to point out that God is not to be considered in sexual terms at all. Yet the actual language they use in daily worship and prayer conveys a different message: who, growing up with Jewish or Christian tradition, has escaped the distinct impression that God is masculine? And while Catholics revere Mary as the mother of Jesus, they never identify her as divine in her own right: if she is 'mother of God,' she is not 'God the Mother' on an equal footing with God the Father!”
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“... primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of those two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both.”
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“Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights — literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.”
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“The seven secrets of being a number one boss: 1. Develop professional expertise. 2. Sharpen your communication skills. 3. Cultivate enthusiasm. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Pay attention to accomplishment. 6. Be accessible. 7. Respect your staff (treat your staff as you would your clients).”
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“What! Out of Oil, Nothing to invoke / A Powerful Something, born of Fire and Smoke! / An Unremitting Pleasure, if it goes; / An Everlasting Worriment, if broke.”