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Margaret Halsey quotes: People coming away from a session with Dr. S. usually looked as if they had had fifty minutes on the anvil with an apprentice blacksmith. People coming away from a session with Dr. S. usually looked as if they had had fifty minutes on the anvil with an apprentice blacksmith.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The soup, thin and dark and utterly savorless, tasted as if it had been drained out of the umbrella stand. The soup, thin and dark and utterly savorless, tasted as if it had been drained out of the umbrella stand.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built. Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it. The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.
Margaret Halsey quotes: My knees could have been stirred with a spoon. My knees could have been stirred with a spoon.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had. Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had.
Margaret Halsey quotes: In a business society, the role of sex can be summed up in five pitiful little words. There is money in it. In a business society, the role of sex can be summed up in five pitiful little words. There is money in it.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income level. Being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income level.
Margaret Halsey quotes: In practice, there is nothing especially dramatic in people getting along well together. In practice, there is nothing especially dramatic in people getting along well together.
Margaret Halsey quotes: In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem. Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem.
Margaret Halsey quotes: I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire. I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents. The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality
Margaret Halsey quotes: The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action. The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any ... Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it. Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.
Margaret Halsey quotes: When I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them. When I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them.
Margaret Halsey quotes: A lady getting a missing belt back from the cleaner couldn't have been more surprised and pleased ... A lady getting a missing belt back from the cleaner couldn't have been more surprised and pleased ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence. Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone ... Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: Giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite. Giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Employed as I had been employing it, liquor is a fixative of old patterns ... Employed as I had been employing it, liquor is a fixative of old patterns ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own. He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me. Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Father's snoring grows to sound increasingly like a vacuum cleaner in heat. Father's snoring grows to sound increasingly like a vacuum cleaner in heat.
Margaret Halsey quotes: I would have felt more comfortable on a girder fifty floors above the street, catching white-hot rivets in a pail. I would have felt more comfortable on a girder fifty floors above the street, catching white-hot rivets in a pail.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Example is better than precept. Example is better than precept.
Margaret Halsey quotes: It is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give. It is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced. Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love. The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner. The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Money does not corrupt people. What corrupts people is lack of affection ... Money is simply the bandage which wounded people put over their wounds. Money does not corrupt people. What corrupts people is lack of affection ... Money is simply the bandage which wounded people put over their wounds.
Margaret Halsey quotes: The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part. The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up. Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.
Margaret Halsey quotes: This year's blasphemy is next year's liberating truth ... This year's blasphemy is next year's liberating truth ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man ... A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man ...
Margaret Halsey quotes: Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity. Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.
Margaret Halsey quotes: In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity. In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls. Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.
Margaret Halsey quotes: Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife. Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife.

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