Paul Robeson/withdrawal From Public Life 1963-1976

Famous quotes containing the words paul, withdrawal, public and/or life:

    “Paul: You have a great body.
    Kiki: Yes. Not a lot of scars.”
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    “A separation situation is different for adults than it is for children. When we were very young children, a physical separation was interpreted as a violation of our inalienable rights....As we grew older, the withdrawal of love, whether that meant being misunderstood, mislabeled or slighted, became the separation situation we responded to.”
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    “Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her look like a public building.”
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    “The further through life I drift
    The more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.”
    —Ogden Nash (1902–1971)