"Life must be something more than dilettante speculation."

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Source : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.194, Rowman & Littlefield

Anna Julia Cooper

#Speculation Quotes

“History is not was, it is.”
“A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.”

Source : Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ bk. 5, ch. 7 (1880)
“You have to fall in love with yourself first, and if someone wants to join you, more power to them!”
“The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.”
“The life of a working model in L.A. kind of sucks.”

Source : "Analeigh Tipton" by Alison S. Cohn, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2011.
“I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.”
“I hate wearing suits and ties.”
“Many who think that they are taking life seriously are actually only taking themselves seriously. Who takes himself seriously is over conscious of his rights; who takes life seriously is fully conscious of his obligations.”

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