#we

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#begins #however #journey #leagues #must

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#attended #basis #century #great #nations

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#bears #each #poems #quite #read

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#i #just #like #poetry #slaps

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#believe #cooperate #family #however #i

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

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There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#after #age #between #career #centre

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#almost #architect #house #i #jewel

Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#beginning #doing #forced #guys #i