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What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?


Jess Walter

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WALTER ANNENBERG Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
WALTER ANNENBERG I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
WALTER ANNENBERG Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
WALTER ANNENBERG Accomplish something every day of your life.
WALTER ANNENBERG People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
WALTER ANNENBERG The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
WALTER ANNENBERG In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
WALTER ANNENBERG Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
WALTER ANNENBERG My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
WALTER ANNENBERG Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en...
WALTER ANNENBERG Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late...
WALTER ANNENBERG Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
WALTER ANNENBERG I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f...
WALTER ANDERSON Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
WALTER ANDERSON We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, ne...
WALTER ANDERSON I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.
WALTER ALSTON I put myself through college playing pool.
WALTER ALSTON I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
WALTER ALSTON The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all condi...
WALTER ALSTON I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.
WALTER ALSTON I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or ho...
WALTER ALSTON I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; ...
ULRICH WALTER Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I...
ULRICH WALTER Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment.
WALTER WRISTON She's been on more laps than a napkin.
WALTER WINCHELL Nothing recedes like success.
WALTER WINCHELL Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
WALTER WINCHELL Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
WALTER WINCHELL The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.
WALTER WINCHELL The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
WALTER WINCHELL Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.
WALTER WINCHELL I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
WALTER WINCHELL