Gwen Bristow quotes

You are not required to start over, but you are required to keep going. (Gwen Bristow)
We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for. View quote
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We always hate the school room where we learn hard lessons. But then we love it, because that's the school that taught us all we know, and gave us all the strength we have. View quote
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Nothing's easier than believing we understand experiences we've never had. View quote
Gwen Bristow
uproar against a new idea, and laws to prevent anybody's accepting it, nearly always can be regarded as a signal that the new idea is just about to be taken for granted. ... they didn't start making laws to prohibit the teaching of evolution until everybody was about to take it for granted. View quote
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No human being can destroy the structure of a marriage except the two who made it. It is the one human edifice that is impregnable except from within. View quote
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The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly. View quote
Gwen Bristow
being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have. View quote
Gwen Bristow

Gwen Bristow

Occupation: Author
Quotes count: 8

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