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Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks’ vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.

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My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base – then it was time to give back and go into public service.

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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

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April 25, 2024

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

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April 25, 2024

My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base – then it was time to give back and go into public service.

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