Anne Ellis quotes
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“I, who fall short in managing my own affairs, can see just how it would profit my neighbor if I managed his.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.67, U of Nebraska Press
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“... I feel far more hunger pangs when I am denied mental nourishment than I do at the loss of meals.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.111, U of Nebraska Press
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“... I saw a small boy who belongs to one of those large families who only practice at birth control.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.31, U of Nebraska Press
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“Verily, affluence brings anxiety!”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.96, U of Nebraska Press
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“I will use a form of punctuation of my own, which will be something like this - when one is beginning he takes a long breath, for this use a capital. When he stops for breath, a comma, and when it is all gone, a period. Don't know the use of a semi-colon, but expect it is when one thinks he is out of breath and isn't.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Many people believe in turning the other cheek, especially when it is your cheek.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.261, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I sewed good wishes and thoughts into my garments, especially so if they were wedding or graduation dresses.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.12, U of Nebraska Press
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“I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for.”
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“To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.”
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“Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I've never known a man to be beaten fairly, nor one to be elected, unfairly.”
-- Anne EllisSource : Anne Ellis (1997). “Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.154, U of Nebraska Press