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Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Agitation Another Cannot Destructive Driving Eye Futile Material Noisy Our See Stupid Us

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I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Am Arise Cannot Difficulties Doubtful Explain How Know Meet Perplexed Them I Am

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It's queer how ready people always are with advice in any real or imaginary emergency, and no matter how many times experience has shown them to be wrong, they continue to set forth their opinions, as if they had received them from the Almighty!

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Advice Almighty Always Any Continue Emergency Experience Forth Had How How Many Times Imaginary Many Matter Opinions People Queer Ready Real Received Set Shown Them Times Wrong

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Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Am Humble Proud Too Very Yes I Am

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The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Again Confused Depression Great How Proved Proving War World

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We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

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Topics: Afraid Change Conclusion Experimenting Ideas Logical Problem Shrink Thinking Through

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We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world when God is neglectful.

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Topics: Assume Bothered Deal God Good Good Deal People Responsibility Who World

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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Chains Cling Commonplace Desperately Escape Existence Imagine Our Selfish Want

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The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Apt Both Cannot Child Everything He Him His Painful Processes Teacher Teaching Wills

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No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Communist Experience Gained Given How Ideas Imagination Impetus Knowledge Matter May Mistaken Out Them Thought Tremendous Trying

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: April 14th, 1866

Died: October 20th, 1936

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