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Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone.
Margaret Halsey
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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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Yonkers
New York State
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it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.
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when I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them.
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The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.
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