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It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century. ↗

— Pete Hamill

#american #being #century #fifth #here

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#because #been #dislike #had #may

When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#american #feminine #friends #gained #here

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

#great #historical #knowledge #literature #people

Homework strongly indicates that the teachers are not doing their jobs well enough during the school day. It's not like they'll let you bring your home stuff to school and work on it there. You can't say, 'I didn't finish sleeping at home, so I have to work on finishing my sleep here. ↗

— Jim Benton

#school #home

It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#comparable #conditions #contrast #control #demonstrating

There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#based #clear #control #danger #dust

When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#because #employers #encourage #homes #i

A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. ↗

— Chico Hamilton

#always #certain #certain degree #degree #going

She craved a family, not having had enough of one to understand what a pain in the ass it was. ↗

— Maile Meloy

#short-story #spy-vs-spy #family