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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival.Alice Duer Miller
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It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic coaching for his scholastic difficulties.Alice Duer Miller
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We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too, But very human beings, human just as much as you. It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.Alice Duer Miller
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Mother, what is a Feminist?""A feminist, my daughter, Is any woman now who cares To think about her own affairs As men don't think she oughter.Alice Duer Miller
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When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said, I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red; But if two women disagree, with very little noise, It proves, and this seems strange to me, that women have no poise.Alice Duer Miller
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Is it true that the English government is calling on women to do work abandoned by men? Yes, it is true. Is not a woman's place the home? No, not when men need her services outside the home. Will she never be told again that her place is the home? Oh, yes, indeed. When? As soon as men want their jobs back again.Alice Duer Miller
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If it's painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.Alice Duer Miller
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People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.Alice Duer Miller
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There, little girl, don't read, You're fond of your books, I know, But Brother might mope If he had no hope Of getting ahead of you. It's dull for a boy who cannot lead. There, little girl, don't read.Alice Duer Miller
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People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.Alice Duer Miller
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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends-you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it that's the time to hold your tongue.Alice Duer Miller
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Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of othersAlice Duer Miller
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Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us.Alice Duer Miller
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I was not out to paint beautiful pictures even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.Alice Duer Miller