"Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.“
-Ambrose Bierce
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"Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
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"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."
-Sarah Polley
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"I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing."
-Bill Mumy
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"Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business."
-Mike McCready
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"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."
-Kate Mulgrew
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"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
-Marc Garneau
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"The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."
-Omar Sharif
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