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Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Annie Oakley

For me, sitting still is harder than any kind of work.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Hard Kind Myself Work
God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.
ANNIE OAKLEY

God Man Missing Stay Woman
Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Country Dog Enjoyment Goodness Life Morning Weapon Woman
A crowned queen was never treated with more reverence than I was by those whole-souled western boys, And for seventeen long years I was just their little sister, sharing both their news of joy and sorrow from home.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Boy Home Joy Queen Sister Sorrow Soul
My mother, was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in the woods or trim my dresses with wreaths of wildflowers.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Beginning Flower Mom Myself Perfection Try Wild
After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farm land where I was born.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Appearance Born Bury Country Death Eyes Foreign Myself Quiet Travel
Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you’ll hit the bull’s-eye of success.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Mark Practice Time
If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Existence Integrity Love Myself Person Reality Relationship
Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Development Goodness Home Mom Quality Separate
Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed in the knowledge and use of fire arms may find that information and skill of great importance.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Best Civilization Country Greatness Importance Knowledge Peace Skills Woman
Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Duty Family Idol Responsibility
Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Country Dog Enjoyment Goodness Life Morning Weapon Woman
Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Home Human Possible Work
I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Children Myself Natural Weapon Woman
Aim at a high mark and you will hit it.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Hit Inspirational Mark Yourself
[On Sitting Bull] The contents of his pockets were often emptied into the hands of small, ragged little boys, nor could he understand how so much wealth should go brushing by, unmindful of the poor.
ANNIE OAKLEY

Empty Hands Mindset Poor Small Understand Wealth

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

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