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“When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.”

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“I just wrote a book. But don't go and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished.”

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The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.

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The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

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One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

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We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper…

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There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

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I like clean ladies and nice ladies.

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Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.

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My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.

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That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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