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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's...

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Freda Adler: The type of...

Freda Adler: The type of...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: There are few...

Mary Catherine Bateson: There are few...

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

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Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

We specialize in the wholly impossible.

Source: Motto of the National Training...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Source: In...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Louisa May Alcott: I'm not afraid...

Louisa May Alcott: I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Source: In The...

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Margot Asquith: No one ever...

Margot Asquith: No one ever...

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days,...

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Dorothy L Sayers: There certainly does...

Dorothy L Sayers: There certainly does...

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will...

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Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it...

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Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it...

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Rachel Field: There was no...

Rachel Field: There was no...

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities...

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Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize...

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Harper Lee: I do much...

Harper Lee: I do much...

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking...

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Paule Marshall: A person can...

Paule Marshall: A person can...

A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed...

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