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Nobody knows anything about America who does not know its little towns.
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It seems to me that as my child was born I was full of agony and full of laughter. Then I remember that there was an earthquake, some cosmic catastrophe; the world opened up and all the stars fell, and I died. And when I woke again the world had never, never seemed so sweet.
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Children are little anarchists, possessed, however, of a powerful herd instinct, leading them to demand oppressive conformity from others, and especially conformity to their own primitive urges.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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Born:
July 9, 1893
Died:
January 30, 1961
(aged 67)
Bio:
Dorothy Thompson was an American journalist and radio broadcaster, who in 1939 was recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt.
Known for:
The Dignity of Chartism
Dorothy Thompson's Political Guide (1938)
Queen Victoria: Gender and Power
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