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“I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.”
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“It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.”
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“We are not asking our children to do their own best but to be the best. Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. The majority of our children are being led to believe that they are doomed to failure in a world which has room only for those at the top.”
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“ ... administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts!”
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“Nature is a catchment of sorrows.”
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“Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.”
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“Here is how it is for women. We become our schedules. That starts to feel good. Then it starts to feel necessary. Then it starts to feel like everything.”
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“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”