"Dates are convenient hooks on which we can……" — Joan Lowery Nixon
"Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world."
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10 Quotes by Joan Lowery Nixon
Joan Lowery Nixon has 10 quotes on this site.
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Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore it exists.
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Life isn't measured in minutes, but in heartbeats.
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Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to…
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Each of us from the seance stood alone. Like so many pillars of salt, we had tried to look back…
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I know why people die of hopelessness. It comes on like a thick blanket, covering your thoughts, your confidence, creeping…
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Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of…
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Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad…
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There's more to getting to where you're going then just knowing there's a road.
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Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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