Celestine Sibley quotes
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“How dare you, unless you can hold up your own life as a model of rectitude, achievement, and halcyon happiness, open your mouth about the stubborn secrets of living?”
-- Celestine SibleySource : Celestine Sibley (1975). “Day by Day with Celestine Sibley”, Doubleday Books
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“I've always noticed that Old Families, like plumbers and barbers and possibly drummers and detectives, seem to have some kind of reciprocity arrangement in the South. Members of the freemasonry could move anywhere ... and still operate cozily in the local Old Family top drawer.”
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“Being a reporter is one of the noblest things you can do in life. Letting the people know. It's really a holy cause. Time after time after time, in the middle of corruption and disgrace and bad politics, I've seen people come through and do for people. I write about someone in trouble and someone else rallies to help them. Through reporting, things can change.”
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“A woman who rides a motorcycle is in tune with the universe, a candidate for high adventure.”
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“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.”
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“The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.”
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“I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.”
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Source : "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto". Book by Aaron Swartz, July 2008.
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