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" The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. "
Eleanor Roosevelt
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" The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares. "
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" My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. "
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" I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father. "
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