Quote by Mary Antin
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns. – Mary Antin

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On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. – Mary Antin

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Birthday
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One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czars health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue. – Mary Antin

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Health
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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. – Mary Antin

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Morning
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I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night. – Tracy Chapman

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No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. – Robert Lynd

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Taking pre-natal vitamins can minimise birth defects and can lower the chances both of morning sickness and premature delivery. – Heidi Murkoff

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After all those years as a woman hearing not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough, almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, Im enough. – Anna Quindlen

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