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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Source: In Words of...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

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Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets...

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Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Though language forms the preacher,
'Tis good works make the man.


Source: Good...

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Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Source: Speech, 1990.
-- Barbara...

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Barbara Bush: I married the...

Barbara Bush: I married the...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God answers sharp...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God answers sharp...

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet...

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Ntozake Shange: I am gonna...

Ntozake Shange: I am gonna...

I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and knock...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The man who...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The man who...

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

Source:...

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Tallulah Bankhead: No man worth...

Tallulah Bankhead: No man worth...

No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the...

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Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed....

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Sarah Bernhardt: For the theatre...

Sarah Bernhardt: For the theatre...

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can...

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Joan Crawford: I believe in...

Joan Crawford: I believe in...

I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend!

Source: In The Executive's...

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Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Coco Chanel: There is time...

Coco Chanel: There is time...

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Source: In...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Most people in...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Most people in...

Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want...

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