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All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, ba...
GRACE PALEY

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevail...
GRACE PALEY

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.
GRACE PALEY

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.
GRACE PALEY

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or pr...
GRACE PALEY

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prev...
GRACE PALEY

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else
GRACE PALEY

In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.
GRACE PALEY

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.
GRACE PALEY

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevaili...
GRACE PALEY

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.
GRACE PALEY

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.
GRACE PALEY

. . . people will sometimes say, "Why don't you write more politics?" And I have to explain to them ...
GRACE PALEY

You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.
GRACE PALEY

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world
GRACE PALEY

In a way he was lucky. He was a member of a generation that thought it
was a good, even joyous,...
GRACE PALEY

The abortion isn’t what they(conservative pro-life men of 1940s) are thinking
about; they’r...
GRACE PALEY

You have to really understand how people speak, and you have to reconstruct it... Most pleasure in w...
GRACE PALEY

'The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple sto...
GRACE PALEY

I'm still one of those persons who prefers to wear pants, especially for at-home entertaining.
BABE PALEY

I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
BABE PALEY

The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
BABE PALEY

Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
BABE PALEY

Let's say you're walking around and you find a watch on the ground. As you examine it, you marvel at...
WILLIAM PALEY

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the ...
BARBARA PALEY

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it bec...
BABE PALEY

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give mo...
WILLIAM PALEY

God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits.
WILLIAM PALEY

Who can refute a sneer?
WILLIAM PALEY

I have seldom known a person, who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters...
BABE PALEY

A large part of virtue consists in good habits.
WILLIAM PALEY

[Darwin acknowledged in his autobiography that as a young man he was] charmed and convinced ... The ...
WILLIAM PALEY

You can never be too rich or too thin.
BABE PALEY

In what way can a revelation be made but by miracles? In none which we are able to conceive.
WILLIAM PALEY

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion
WILLIAM PALEY

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies a...
WILLIAM PALEY My life is too short to focus on legislation when I could be making art. So I'm not a copyright refo...
NINA PALEY why should we feel ashamed of what has happend ,,,, we didnt ask for it ,,, are abuser forced it upo...
GRACE dont let your abuser win ,,,, brake the silence they have no right to get away with it xx
GRACE What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies a...
WILLIAM S. PALEY White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.
WILLIAM S. PALEY There's a certain amount of disorder that has to be reorganized.
WILLIAM S. PALEY God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits.
WILLIAM S. PALEY

All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on m...
NANCY GRACE

It's so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to ta...
GRACE GEALEY

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made wi...
GRACE SLICK

Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced...
GRACE GEALEY

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to le...
GRACE JONES

I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress...
GRACE JONES

It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict...
GRACE JONES I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent,...
MAGGIE GRACE There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one ...
MAGGIE GRACE When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
MAGGIE GRACE Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
MAGGIE GRACE I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flav...
MAGGIE GRACE Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
MAGGIE GRACE I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some b...
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
MAGGIE GRACE I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are an...
MAGGIE GRACE I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip...
MAGGIE GRACE Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very...
MAGGIE GRACE Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii...
MAGGIE GRACE I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We ...
MAGGIE GRACE I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye...
MAGGIE GRACE I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
MAGGIE GRACE I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&...
MAGGIE GRACE Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
MAGGIE GRACE I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedic...
MAGGIE GRACE My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I...
GRACE SLICK People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it...
GRACE SLICK The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots...
TOPHER GRACE If I go anywhere, and I don't have my coffee, I don't drink coffee. When I travel, I carry i...
GRACE HIGHTOWER When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was...
GRACE LIN

Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say...
GRACE JONES The great thing about a sitcom is that you're in front of a live audience, so you really get in ...
TOPHER GRACE When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many yea...
GRACE LIN

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the consci...
GRACE SPEARE

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you prac...
GRACE SPEARE I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.
GRACE METALIOUS No matter how big or soft or warm your beds is, you still have to get out of it.
GRACE SLICK

For every force, there is a counter force. For every negative there is a positive. For every action ...
GRACE SPEARE I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, &#...
GRACE HELBIG

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.
GRACE SPEARE What do you do when the one person you want comfort from the most is the one who caused your pain? H...
AMANDA GRACE

If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations...
GRACE SARA

She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she c...
GRACE WILLOWS

Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn...
GRACE SARA

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that eve...
GRACE SPEARE

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
GRACE MOORE

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a pict...
GRACE SPEARE

Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think...
GRACE SPEARE

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN

And, oh, how blessed is it thus to meet! To feel that vanished years have not estranged us,distance ...
GRACE AGUILAR

An architect is the drawer of dreams
GRACE MCGARVIE A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
GRACE PULPIT

I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big ...
NANCY GRACE I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know...
GRACE SLICK

Once I started to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I learned that our worth, o...
GRACE GEALEY

We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly...
GRACE GEALEY In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to c...
GRACE SLICK I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I...
GRACE POE

I think the truth is black-and-white.
NANCY GRACE A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
GRACE HOPPER I did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's...
GRACE HELBIG

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giv...
GRACE GEALEY

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.
GRACE KELLY

I find that when I put too much makeup on, or I use a certain brand, my skin will break out. I tend ...
GRACE GEALEY

I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn fr...
GRACE GEALEY I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very fir...
GRACE ABBOTT Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of childr...
GRACE ABBOTT

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It ...
GRACE JONES

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accep...
GRACE JONES

Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life...
GRACE GEALEY

I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
NANCY GRACE 'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it ...
GRACE SLICK

Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES

You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court un...
NANCY GRACE I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come ...
GRACE PARK

I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
GRACE JONES It's not fair. It's not fair that he lets his rage take over, that he lets it rule him. I don't know...
AMANDA GRACE But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE

There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a lo...
GRACE JONES

When I look around at this world, we women need each other so badly, it breaks my heart. Sisterhood ...
GRACE GEALEY Underlings look up to the boss for behavioral cues, subtle signs, hints and gestures.
GRACE POE

You had to wear a hat to go to church. We weren't allowed to straighten our hair. We couldn'...
GRACE JONES I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.
GRACE GUMMER A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow...
MAGGIE GRACE

In society, we have to earn other things of import like trust, respect, money, education, careers, s...
GRACE GEALEY

Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, an...
GRACE GEALEY

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. ...
NANCY GRACE It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking f...
GRACE POE If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get per...
GRACE HOPPER Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written ...
GRACE SLICK

I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Hump...
GRACE JONES

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.
GRACE JONES When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Be...
GRACE SLICK

I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don't get...
GRACE GEALEY I will stand beside you through all of this,' she said when she could finally speak. “And welcome ...
GRACE DRAVEN I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.
GRACE SLICK Those who listen with their hearts will begin to see patterns everywhere.
GRACE-NAOMI

I used to have really long hair. It was a big fro with mad curls.
GRACE GEALEY I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good e...
GRACE SLICK

We cannot see love yet its nurturing warmth is the essence of our being and sorrow can touch our ver...
GRACE WILLOWS "Have you ever considered simply exploring and looking for the place where the sun shines over th...
GRACE FIORRE The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you're going to live long enough to wish yo...
GRACE MIRABELLA A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
GRACE HANSEN The studio, a room to which the artist consigns himself for life, is naturally important, not only a...
GRACE GLUECK The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agenc...
GRACE ABBOTT The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimu...
GRACE ABBOTT Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.
GRACE ABBOTT We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance...
GRACE NAPOLITANO I see the Philippines one day as a developed country, one of the major economies of Asia - perhaps n...
GRACE POE I wanted to be his life preserver, the thing that would keep him afloat. Instead, he became my ancho...
AMANDA GRACE Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.
GRACE POE Everybody has a different journey. Everybody has a different path, and you don't really know wha...
GRACE GEALEY As a public figure, you have to maintain a certain demeanor. We also have responsibility to the publ...
GRACE POE Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil.
GRACE DARLING Because Social Security is specifically designed to boost the retirement income of low earners with ...
GRACE NAPOLITANO My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate.
GRACE JONES Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality
GRACE KELLY We learn from experience. A man never wakes up his second baby just to see it smile.
GRACE WILLIAMS No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible
GEORGE GRACE I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-...
GRACE SLICK A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way...
GRACE PULPIT Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking
GRACE MCGARVIE A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
GRACE HANSEN Will, does it hurt your back....kissing your own ass like that?
WILL & GRACE Grace- If you're looking for your Aunt Karen, she's not here. She doesn't work on days that end with...
WILL & GRACE Republicans are against abortion until their daughters need one, Democrats are for abortion until th...
GRACE MCGARVIE Grace-[to Jack] Today I'm handing out lollipops and ass-whoopins and right now, I'm all out of lolli...
WILL & GRACE If you don't expose something to sunlight, microbes and germs will thrive.
GRACE POE I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, a...
GRACE JONES I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there ar...
GRACE MENG After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt...
NANCY GRACE I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies abou...
GRACE JONES For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat-which is a great deal more than he's had on it.
GRACE HANSEN I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.
GRACE HANSEN Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be ...
GRACE JONES That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then,...
GRACE JONES I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might...
GRACE JONES We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my f...
GRACE JONES Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and ...
GRACE JONES Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on inves...
GRACE NAPOLITANO Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts...
GRACE NAPOLITANO I was a go-go dancer, too. I called myself 'Grace Mendoza' to fool my parents.
GRACE JONES For me, a diva is like the great opera singer, the great film star - out of reach, in their own worl...
GRACE JONES We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch.
GRACE NAPOLITANO Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.
GRACE NAPOLITANO I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more mo...
GRACE KELLY There's an inordinate amount of attention put on actors. Some people want to make their lives pu...
GRACE PARK They sure put that fence up in a hurry, ... I have to wear a badge to go from place to place here.
GEORGE GRACE The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done...
GRACE LIN I learned to respect people, to love, to accept and to forgive without sorrow and take the best of l...
GRACE OLSSON Connecting with people in person is so important. To look in the eyes of our girls and let them know...
GRACE GEALEY I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality ...
GRACE JONES Integrity is a very important and an almost indispensable virtue that all leaders must possess. This...
GRACE POE

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

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