Edith Wharton
Related Historically, in Chinese society, a woman's place in the family was never secure. In her own home, s... CINDY CHU The family was God's idea, not our own, and it is still a wonderful institution. JAMES C. DOBSON My father imposed me, obliged me to follow in the family business. Possibly because there was a stro... ANGELO GAJA 'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter a... JAMES FRAIN STEPHENIE MEYER He left the business to myself. It was not really a family thing. ASSEMBLYMAN SIBLEY He left the business to myself. It was not really a family thing. ASSEMBLYMAN SCOTT SIBLEY EDITH WHARTON Andrea Bronfman was a pillar of her family and the entire Jewish community. She was an activist as w... ISRAEL SINGER Ladies and gentlemen, that November 9th, Geraldine Lowe was just trying to keep her family together,... ADRIENNE BACHMAN Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do he... PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do he... PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her fa... JENNIFER ANTKOWIAK Clearly, Mrs. Parks was bigger than her natural family. She was bigger than her church family. She b... CHARLES ELLIS The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. CHARLOTTE CURTIS CRAIG GROESCHEL JOHN STEINBECK EZRA TAFT BENSON They could almost be like a second family to her. They took her under their wing, treating her like ... ALICIA BICKLEY When I was young, a girl didn't get the same education as her brothers. My brother was trained to ta... CARME RUSCALLEDA The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. CHARLOTTE CURTIS The rules only applied toCAMERON STRACHER Angel was the epitome of style and grace. She had a wonderful sense of humor, a giving spirit and p... AMANDA DAVIS One of the first gardens I did outside the family was for the designer Hattie Carnegie. I was 23 the... RACHEL LAMBERT MELLON All the girl wanted was her family. JOSEPH SPARICO Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could... STEVAN V. NIKOLIC LISA KLEYPAS This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed... JANE BOWLES MICHAEL KORDA We could see this unfold, but there was not a whole lot we could do to stop it. The family has the r... JACK COSTA Angel was the epitome of style and grace. She had a wonderful sense of humor, a giving spirit andÃ�... AMANDA DAVIS CHARLES J. SHIELDS Fresh in my mind now is how they tortured her to death, how terrified she looked prior to her death.... BOBBY SCHINDLER That was one thing that we tried to keep her aware of, not paranoid, but aware that someone could be... GARY WHITLOCK IAN MCEWAN I talked to her about it. She said that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. When ... SIR RICHARD BRANSON HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN When she went to the kindergarten to pick up the child, the teachers questioned her and asked her if... ASHLEY WU Once Doc got an idea in her head that she was going to do something, you didn't stop her. She had th... ED HARRIS She believed it was a mission effort by him to do better things for herself and for her family. BRANDI GRISSOM The Queen and Royal Family were strong supporters of London's bid and it was a delight to show Her M... LORD COE GERMANY KENT LAILAH GIFTY AKITA This young woman was the rock in her family. ALICIA KEYS GAIL COLLINS HELEN MIRREN AYN RAND We went there to support her, so that she would feel that her family was there supporting her win or... LOURDES ELIZALDE It was Leah's last race with us...she's moving to Sidney with her family. We'll miss her. AL KNUTSON MICHAEL DIRDA The family told me of the devastating emotion of her departure. Both her husband and her son Jim wer... DR. PENNY BALLEM You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant try... AUDAY ARABO CHRISTINA ENGELA Nobody is as strong as the person who carries his/her cross for the sake of the family. No family is... JOHN B. BEJO Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Nina could scarcely believe a house could be as quiet as the one on Washington Street. Although ther... JEAN ELSON Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend t... BASMAH BINT SAUD Her family was really supportive. The athletes were really concerned. They stayed behind her. These ... DERRICK CAMPBELL Of course, since my Dad was an extremely successful pro bowler, I was drawn to the sport and was qui... MIKE BLUTH The woman looked at her heart in all of its fragments. Its voice was clear and true as it reminded h... ESTHER DALSENO the Illinois Gazette, published some handy “Rules for Wives,” among them these: A good wife will... DANIEL JAMES BROWN SUSANE COLASANTI It was so incredible for Lindsay to get her team off to that start. With her attacking and shooting,... JOANNE P. MCCALLIE The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday. LIZ ROSENBERG It was a wonderful surprise. We did not know that Bertha had remembered the symphony in her will unt... CAROLYN VALACICH MELISSA DE LA CRUZ Our founder was a woman of great vision who knew early on that women are not small men and shouldn't... CEO ANNE SAILE ANNE BISHOP She got stuck under the house, and I could hear her meowing, and I couldn't get her. She was 13 year... DIANE WHITE I wanted to be around my mother's family. It was really important to me. That was the place where sh... MANDY SMOKER Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a d... EUGENE CERNAN Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a d... GENE CERNAN Everyone in my family pretty much has gone here so it seemed like the only option. I think (Lott) al... JENNIFER HOWARD We never bribed anybody. We never bought a vote. We made contributions out there as part of the Olym... TOM WELCH Except she wasn’t Vicki Bell anymore. She was Vicki Bell Beaudry, owner of the Red Fox with her hu... BARBARA DELINSKY GEORGE MACDONALD The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would shar... DENNIS WILSON And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical s... ALISON BECHDEL I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, ... LARRY BISHOP As a result of her decisions and her actions today, we are one step closer to this family being brou... GREGORY CRAIG I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception. TYNE DALY When I found out she was going, I had to do something special for her. Because music is her love, it... AMY BEHELER My son, to find a good wife, look at the way she treats her family. Remember that you too will becom... EDMAN VAN SCHALKWYK My sister lives with my family because she has separated from her husband and my older brother had d... MAHEN SHARMA ROBERT MCAFEE BROWN NEIL GAIMAN ROBERT DALLEK Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" MARGARET MCMULLAN ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH B.J. NOVAK HIROMU ARAKAWA LEWIS CARROLL HENRY JAMES I just pointed and shot. When this precious relationship that we had was damaged by my thoughtless a... DAVID GRAHAM JAMES DOBSON Being a father of three young girls, I read the Austin article and instantly thought of what I could... CHAD TAYLOR We are a very close-knit family. Sara was worried about her grandpa, not herself. LISA STANFORD It's an extremely sad day for us, because Christmas is a family holiday. Since our husbands are not ... LAURA POLLAN He indicated that he was sorry that he had done this to Diane and certainly the effect that it had o... ROBERT KELLY We're in the business of rocking. Our idea, ever since the beginning, was we wanted to take this as ... ERIC DILL
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BILL WHARTON The risk of anyone else being positive for it is very low. BILL WHARTON The board has told Mr. Boyd that they much appreciate all of his services. Unfortunately, his positi... BILL WHARTON He also has very good stroke mechanics, and much like Molly doesn't like to lose. They have it in th... DAVE WHARTON Until there's a selection, NAB is not commenting. DENNIS WHARTON This is only a piece of the solution, and represents a transparent attempt by both cable operators a... DENNIS WHARTON At the convention we've got almost 113,000 people from all walks of communication. The industry now ... DENNIS WHARTON We can't remain stagnant. Look what happened to television, the Internet. Everything changes. DENNIS WHARTON We believe satellite radio companies were licensed for national radio programming services exclusive... DENNIS WHARTON Most TV and radio stations view the Internet as an opportunity to enhance their service to listeners... 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EDITH ROGERS But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should conf... EDITH ROGERS The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its min... EDITH PEARLMAN I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition b... EDITH PEARLMAN I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be... EDITH PEARLMAN I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity ... EDITH PEARLMAN There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifyin... EDITH PEARLMAN I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow. EDITH PEARLMAN Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobilit... EDITH PEARLMAN In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as ... 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Saving her life was the one acceptable thing I'd done since I met her. The one thing that I was not ... 
Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rush of rockets; and from the east a late moon, pushing... 
Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future. 
Ma was heavy, but not fat; thick with child-bearing and work. She wore a loose Mother Hubbard of gra... 
Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partn... 
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Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. 
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Mary was one who possessed power over her own spirit--rare gift, given to none but those who do some... 
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How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
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I loved anything to do with animals from a very early age. 
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