Quote by Agnes Smedley
Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness t

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. – Agnes Smedley

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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. – Agnes Smedley

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Sympathy
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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. – Agnes Smedley

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respect
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I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family. – Venus Williams

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The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. – George Carlin

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In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families — that they are least two-thirds incontinent. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. – George Bernard Shaw

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