"It took a lot of women like that,……" — Maureen Johnson
"It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward."
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170 Quotes by Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson has 170 quotes on this site.
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English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
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I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.
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Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with...It can be…
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But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to…
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Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for…
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Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry…
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A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.
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Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it…
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You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked…
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Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really.…
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My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.
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The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.
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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being…
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
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