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He had to wait a lot, sit and wait. He was always trying to improve himself. These were not frivolous books.


Gail Wilson

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GAIL COLLINS In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dram...
GAIL SHEEHY Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripateti...
GAIL COLLINS Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-3...
GAIL SHEEHY The delights of self-discovery are always available.
GAIL SHEEHY You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of ...
GAIL COLLINS You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper o...
GAIL GODWIN Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
GAIL GODWIN Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.
GAIL POOL If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
GAIL SHEEHY Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
GAIL SHEEHY Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own ...
GAIL SHEEHY Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they d...
GAIL COLLINS You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have...
GAIL COLLINS Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.
GAIL SHEEHY To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of ...
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