Dorothy Cottrell quotes
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“If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed that you have done it, and won't have all the exasperation of trying to stop you.”
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“I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.”
-- Dorothy CottrellSource : Dorothy Cottrell (1929). “The Singing Gold”
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“I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery ...”
-- Dorothy CottrellSource : Dorothy Cottrell (1929). “The Singing Gold”
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Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
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“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
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“If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.”
Source : Song: Try Again, Album: I Care 4 U
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“Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.”
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Source : "The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder". Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.