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“We are all so much more complicated than we allow ourselves to appear.”

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Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, born on August 31, 1938, is an accomplished American journalist. Her career began at The New York Times, and she later became a freelance writer for several prominent media outlets. Hailey is known for her in-depth reporting on business and professional women. more

“In a Democracy, the real rulers are the dexterous manipulators of votes, with their placemen, the mechanics who so skillfully operate the hidden springs which move the puppets in the arena of democratic elections. Men of this kind are ever ready with loud speeches lauding equality; in reality, they rule the people as any despot or military dictator might rule it.”

“I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't think one can have great imagination and great wisdom. Can one?”

Thinking Difficult Imagination Foolish Behave Unworthy Great Imagination Great Wisdom

Author:Alison Uttley

“To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of the world.”

World Firsts Law Interest Planets Traveler San Francisco Bay Area

Book:The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle

Source: The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle

Quote by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

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