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In such a time as this it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear his comment. In such a time as this it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear his comment.

Shakespeare

law | justice | quarrels

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By 1879, seven churches of various denominations were holding services, which led the local Chronicle to comment, "All have but on... - MORE By 1879, seven churches of various denominations were holding services, which led the local Chronicle to comment, "All have but one religion and one God in common; it is the Crucified Carbonate."

Administration in the State of Colo

religion | mining | boom towns

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The "sayings" of a community, its proverbs, are its characteristic comment upon life; they imply its history, suggest its attitude... - MORE The "sayings" of a community, its proverbs, are its characteristic comment upon life; they imply its history, suggest its attitude toward the world and its way of accepting life. Such an idiom makes the finest language any writer can have; and he can never get it with a notebook. He himself must be able to think and feel in that speech—it is a gift from heart to heart.

Willa Cather

language

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The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks' comment on married life. The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks' comment on married life.

Mason Cooley

marriage

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This is as good a time as any to comment on what I think has grown into an abuse. Congress makes holidays and every time there is ... - MORE This is as good a time as any to comment on what I think has grown into an abuse. Congress makes holidays and every time there is a holiday it is the practice for one department to telephone over to another department and say we are going to have an extra holiday in this department and what is your department going to do about it.... If it comes on Saturday, they want a holiday on Friday, and of course they couldn't come back and travel on Sunday and so they want another holiday on Monday to get back on.

Calvin Coolidge

holidays | government

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Her mind is inferior to that of man, and we know that it requires the strongest of minds to become a good politician.... She has n... - MORE Her mind is inferior to that of man, and we know that it requires the strongest of minds to become a good politician.... She has not sufficient stability of character. She would always follow the opinions of her father, brother or husband ... and this might do more hurt than good.... There is no need of it. There are men enough who have nothing else to do who can transact all necessary business.... If permitted to study politics she would understand the art of governing and she might usurp the authority of men and it would be rather revolting to our feelings to see her holding it over the lords of creation.... She is too fastidious. This needs no comment.... If woman should have the control of affairs, we should soon see woman placed in every department of office in the country, thus throwing many of our most distinguished men out of office, and of course out of employment, or they would not do anything else to support themselves, and would soon become pests to security.... she would soon be able to converse intelligently on the subject of politics, and on this subject equal men.... If we should see ladies attending conventions, traveling about the country in great carts drawn by many yoke of oxen, waving their pocket handkerchiefs to assembled multitudes, it would greatly shock our sensibilities.... She was never designed for it. Her eyes were never made to be spoiled in plodding over political trash.... I presume it would be quite as easy to give 40 times 40 reasons why gentlemen should not engage in politics with such fiery zeal that they sometimes do, as it is to give 40 why ladies should not engage in them as well.

Lydia Drake

politics | sex differences

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Only remember—west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk. - MORE Only remember—west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

California and the West

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Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what t... - MORE Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can't force it.

Bella Lewitzky

art

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Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Pablo Picasso

sculpture

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Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,... - MORE Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite, but be yourself, be feminine and adult; be aware of our cultural heritage, but don't comment on the sexism. . . . Girls are trained to be less than who they really are. They are trained to be what the culture wants of its young women, not what they themselves want to become.

Mary Pipher

femininity/the female experience | growing up female

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