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Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Byron and Shelley and Keats
Were a trio of lyrical treats.


Source: A Pig's-Eye...

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Julia Child: Find something you're...

Julia Child: Find something you're...

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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Marian Wright Edelman: Somehow we are...

Marian Wright Edelman: Somehow we are...

Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the...

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Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make...

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Sally Kempton: All children are...

Sally Kempton: All children are...

All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.

Source:...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Anne Frank: The best remedy...

Anne Frank: The best remedy...

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone...

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Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep into our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even...

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Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Anthropology [was] the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the...

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Ann Landers: If you want...

Ann Landers: If you want...

If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

Source: In The...

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Marion Woodman: It takes great...

Marion Woodman: It takes great...

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

Source:...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

You can keep your friends by not giving them away.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Marilyn French: One thing that...

Marilyn French: One thing that...

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape. . . it allows us to fix our emotions...

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Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can get...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can get...

One can get just as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Lynda Barry: If it is...

Lynda Barry: If it is...

If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say No! I don't want it right now, that's...

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Lynda Barry: You know...

Lynda Barry: You know...

You know that great car-stomach feeling when you fly over a hump? That was my whole...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Cheap labor is...

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain...

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Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Source: In Words...

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