"I was very frightened when I turned forty.……" — Jane Rule
"I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God."
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21 Quotes by Jane Rule
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Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.
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Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking…
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I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for…
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If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is…
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To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
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Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability.
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The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability…
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If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would…
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Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always suspects they don't.
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Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
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Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some…
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It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me…
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More Forty Quotes
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Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for…
— Gina Barreca
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious…
— Jack Benny
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
— Jack Benny
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to…
— Elayne Boosler
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At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message…
— Mika Brzezinski
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Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay…
— Brooke Burke
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your…
— Barbara Cartland
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Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
— Woody Allen
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When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you…
— John Cleese
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Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods…
— Red Cloud
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Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is…
— Tori Amos
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