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Marjorie Benton Cooke

(1876–1920) Suffragist

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Marjorie Benton Cooke was a suffragist.

Quick Facts About Marjorie Benton Cooke

Born: January 1, 1876
Died: January 1, 1920
Profession: Suffragist

About Marjorie Benton Cooke

[Wikidata] American monologist, playwright, novelist (1876-1920)... | [Wikipedia] Marjorie Benton Cooke was an American monologist, playwright, and novelist. A specialist in comic dramatic sketches and light romantic fiction, she also wrote and performed monologues on suffragist issues.

Quotes by Marjorie Benton Cooke

creation, like vengeance, is God's. It is dangerous when man tampers with it.

Marjorie Benton Cooke

Creation

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The companionship of a secret is often corruptive to good habits, such as sleep and appetite.

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Appetite

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The surest way of being considered eccentric is just to be yourself. So few of us have the nerve.

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Being yourself

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“There's nothing so unreliable as figures, and everybody but a mathematician knows that. Figures lie right to your face.”

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Data

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Youth makes no compromise with life. It demands all, passionately; loses all, or wins, with anguish of spirit.

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Anguish

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I never think over my mistakes. I just live up to them.

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Failure

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until you learn that an artist cannot afford to scorn any phase of life that is human, you will never do great…

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Art

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