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“... as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.”
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“The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.”
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“Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.”
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“It takes an enormous amount of energy, creative energy withdrawn from the total economy of the person, to hold a trait underground, and, unfortunately, needs and drives do not go underground alone; they carry with them useful parts of the personality, depriving it of richness and the possibility of a variety of response.”
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“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.”
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“With prayer, one can go on cheerfully and even happily. Without prayer, how grim a journey!”
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“Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor.”
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“Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. ... Texas food should be forbidden! 'The steaks at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!' And they are always afloat in grease. Next morning you are served a smaller steak, which serves as a platform for two fried eggs ... all of this afloat in the same grease! 'Chicken, you say? You bet! Comin' up!' Same grease! They are right. Comin' up! For hours afterwards. I couldn't believe the crust of an apple pie! Same grease!”