"I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do."

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Source : Rosalynn Carter (2016). “First Lady from Plains”, p.185, University of Arkansas Press

Rosalynn Carter

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“But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.”
“As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.”
“I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War, mostly we think of Red Cross nurses, but here I was reading about women serving as front-line soldiers, women serving as war journalists . . . and women who worked undercover as spies.”

Source : "Working for the Queen of Spies: Kate Quinn and Stephanie Dray Discuss 'The Alice Network'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. July 24, 2017.
“I don't really think of Valentines Day as much of a holiday, you should show love for people you care about everyday.”
“It's when you run away that you're most liable to stumble.”
“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”
“To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.”
“You can borrow my two-carat diamond stud earrings," Aphrodite said. I stopped and looked back at her. "Huh?" She shrugged. "That's as close to a declaration of love as you're gonna get from me.”

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