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Dee’s Quotes

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

tags: darwinism, evolution, ideology, obtuseness, understanding

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“When we're younger, regret has some value - it can encourage us to make better choices. But as we age, the ability to let go of regret is tied to both emotional and physical health. After all, regret is about the past.”
― Brooke Shields, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

tags: abilities

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“Stupid men and their stupid violence. Tearing apart everything good that was ever built. Why couldn't you ever just go after your life without tripping over some idiot's dick?”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

tags: dicks, feminism, gender, idiots, men, terrorism, violence

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“I can't stand just sitting here not doing anything. You can't solve a problem by remote control.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

tags: every-fifteen-minutes, lisa-scottoline

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MHC Class of 1988 — 44 members — last activity Sep 15, 2017 10:55AM
Mount Holyoke College '88 online book club. ...more

Ask Penny Williams — 9 members — last activity Feb 24, 2014 01:22PM
Penny Williams is the author of the upcoming books, "Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a Child with ADHD" (6/1/14), ...more

Ask Emma Donoghue - Tuesday, April 22nd! — 259 members — last activity Apr 24, 2014 02:13AM
Join us on Tuesday, April 22nd, for a special discussion with authorEmma Donoghue ! The author will be discussing her book Frog Music. Become a fan o ...more

Seven Sisters Book Club — 217 members — last activity Jun 07, 2020 10:26AM
A group for reading, sharing, discussing, and celebrating books written by alumnae of Mt. Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, Barnard, and Smith . . . and ...more

The Nightingale Readers Group — 567 members — last activity Oct 21, 2019 01:17PM
Hello and welcome! I’m so glad you found your way here. The Nightingale is a book that really means a lot to me. To be completely honest with you, I ...more

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