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Clare Boothe Luce Quotes

A great man is one sentence Picture Quote #1

No good deed goes unpunished Picture Quote #1

[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished Picture Quote #1

The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths Picture Quote #1

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily Picture Quote #1

A woman can produce what no man can: a child Picture Quote #1

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Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen Picture Quote #1

Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face Picture Quote #1

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men Picture Quote #1

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’ Picture Quote #1

No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or distressed the comfortable. on Eleanor Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, ‘You may be right.’ That’s the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who’s wrong Picture Quote #1

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Rich women are not too put upon by their children. You don’t have to do all the things for a child that those women who had to stay at home did. My Ann had a French governess who took care of her until she was twelve years old and went off to boarding school Picture Quote #1

I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once, I can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the Fifth Avenue house while he was striking me. I thought, If I just gave him one shove down the staircase I would be rid of him forever Picture Quote #1

[On Vice-President Henry A. Wallace:] Much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still globaloney Picture Quote #1

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable Picture Quote #1

Technological man can’t believe in anything that can’t be measured, taped, or put into a computer Picture Quote #1

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there Picture Quote #1

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In the final analysis there is no other solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decision, the day’s generous utterances, and the day’s good deed Picture Quote #1

When a man can’t explain a woman’s actions, the first thing he thinks of is the condition of her uterus Picture Quote #1

I can’t avoid writing. It’s a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint Picture Quote #1

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount Picture Quote #1

Watergate is the great liberal illusion that you can have public virtue without private morality Picture Quote #1

A woman’s best protection is a little money of her own Picture Quote #1

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I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die Picture Quote #1

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face Picture Quote #1

Thoughts have no sex Picture Quote #1

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them Picture Quote #1

Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out Picture Quote #1

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts Picture Quote #1

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A great man is one sentence (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) No good deed goes unpunished (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) [In politics] no good deed goes unpunished (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) A woman can produce what no man can: a child (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’ (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or distressed the comfortable. on Eleanor Roosevelt (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, ‘You may be right.’ That’s the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who’s wrong (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Rich women are not too put upon by their children. You don’t have to do all the things for a child that those women who had to stay at home did. My Ann had a French governess who took care of her until she was twelve years old and went off to boarding school (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once, I can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the Fifth Avenue house while he was striking me. I thought, If I just gave him one shove down the staircase I would be rid of him forever (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) [On Vice-President Henry A. Wallace:] Much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still globaloney (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable. (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Technological man can’t believe in anything that can’t be measured, taped, or put into a computer. (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) In the final analysis there is no other solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decision, the day’s generous utterances, and the day’s good deed. (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) When a man can’t explain a woman’s actions, the first thing he thinks of is the condition of her uterus. (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) I can’t avoid writing. It’s a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint. (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Watergate is the great liberal illusion that you can have public virtue without private morality (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) A woman’s best protection is a little money of her own (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Thoughts have no sex (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes) Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts (Clare Boothe Luce Quotes)

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