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We must have hope or starve to death.
Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
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Human Rights Activist
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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Hillsboro
Oregon
Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
John Sedges
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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
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Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.
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For no country is a true democracy whose women have not an equal share in life with men, and until we realize this we shall never achieve a real democracy on this earth.
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No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.
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