As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.
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The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and . . . an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.Elizabeth Kenny
The record of one's life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been written.
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My mother used to say, He who angers you, conquers you But my mother was a saint.
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It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
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I play the Demon myself -- no puppets involved.
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Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.
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