Quotes by Allan Dare Pearce

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My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

Allan Dare Pearce

You can't say asses in church unless you are speaking of donkeys.

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Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

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Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

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He believed a man should never be sober but never be drunk. And he believed in watching out for family, even if you had to stay sober for a few hours; it was that important.

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I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

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We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.

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Until the War, we claimed to be equal; simpletons, some say, but equal man to man.

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Smile! Make them comfortable with your size. Deal with their fears and your fears will go away.

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Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.

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She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.

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Manners count. Be polite and seek out the common ground, not just the high ground.

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When you reach voting age, we will take your opinion under consideration.

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Are we praying?" "If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

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Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and 'caning' sounds more English than 'having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.

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Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?

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I am not a teacher in my heart," she said. "I am a doer, and all these little shitheads in front of me are do-nothings. There is racism in the world and they acknowledge it, but they sit in class listening to bullshit professors. Give me a bricklayer...

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I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.

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There is, you will concede, a limit to the niceties a man is obliged to fulfill when his wife is dead and not yet cold.

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Bank robbing is more of a sure thing than farming.

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