Famous quotes containing the words gave and/or chase:
“These doctors, theyve got no mercy on you, specially if youre black. Ah! Ive seen em, many a time, but, they never come after me, I never gave em a chancenot the first time.”
—Sylvia Dubois (1788?1889)
“The beaux and the babies, the servant troubles, and the social aspirations of the other girls seemed to me superficial. My work did not. I was professional. I could earn my own money, or I could be fired if I were inefficient. It was something to get your teeth into. It was living.”
—Edna Woolman Chase (18771957)