"In books I have traveled, not only to……" — Anna Quindlen
"In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be, what I might aspire to, and what I might dare to dream about my world and myself."
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171 Quotes by Anna Quindlen
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The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we…
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I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid…
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I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehersal, and that…
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The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can…
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With reference to the younger generation..."If the experience of their exhausted, insomniac, dispirited elders makes them decide they'd prefer not…
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People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to…
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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never…
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If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.
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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your…
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Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.
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Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my…
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It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents…
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More Aspire Quotes
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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.
— Kevin Bacon
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I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.
— Drew Barrymore
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I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone.
— Brooke Burke
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I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.
— Jeb Bush
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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander…
— Fidel Castro
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Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
— James Allen
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You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.
— Saint Augustine
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The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.
— Peter McWilliams
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Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.
— Robert Browning
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Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . . There is…
— Samuel Gompers
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