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> [“Always enter a room with your head up. Right away that tells people you're your own person. If your head is down, that lets people feel they can do anything they want with you. When you talk to somebody, white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/always-enter-a-room-with-your-head-up-right-away-that-tells-people/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

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## More by Yvonne S. Thornton

> [“Curiously enough, though, it was Jeanette who came home one day with a C on a test. Prior to that, B was the lowest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/curiously-enough-though-it-was-jeanette-who-came-home-one-day-with-a/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

> [ “Once I ask \[Daddy\] when he worked on Sundays instead of going to Church with us. 'Cookie,' he said, 'you eat on Sundays just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/once-i-ask-daddy-when-he-worked-on-sundays-instead-of-going-to-church/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

> [“Such injunctions were burned into us, for Mommy felt strongly about proper behavior; about sitting with a straight back, knees together, legs crossed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/such-injunctions-were-burned-into-us-for-mommy-felt-strongly-about/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

> [“Always enter a room with your head up. Right away that tells people you're your own person. If your head is down, that lets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/always-enter-a-room-with-your-head-up-right-away-that-tells-people/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

> [“One morning Jeanette, bucking Daddy on some point, hit on the argument probably every child in the world has used against his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-s-thornton/one-morning-jeanette-bucking-daddy-on-some-point-hit-on-the-argument/)

[Yvonne S. Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-s-thornton/)

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