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Quote by Phyllis McGinley
Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, th

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. – Phyllis McGinley

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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley

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Getting along with men isnt whats truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. – Phyllis McGinley

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But the wicked passions of mens hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm. – Algernon H. Blackwood

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Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. – Dennis Prager

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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. – John Jay Chapman

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You only grow when you are alone. – Paul Newman

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