"A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass."
-Pearl S. Buck
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"It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.“
-Pearl S. Buck
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"I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work."
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"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth."
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"Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then life is dull without it."
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"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."
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"The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool."
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"I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl."
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"When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied."
-John Woolman
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