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May Sarton: The creative person,...

May Sarton: The creative person,...

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power...

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Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

It was enough just to sit there without words.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Dodie Smith: For though he...

Dodie Smith: For though he...

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty...

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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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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

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-- Lorraine Hansberry, (May 19...

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Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

Source: From an...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.

Source: In...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must make...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must make...

You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of...

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Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the cr?me de la...

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Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Pa ain't much for working and the rest the youngen's seem to take after him.

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Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

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Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Source: Blood, Bread and Poetry,...

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Kathe Kollwitz: To this day...

Kathe Kollwitz: To this day...

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed...

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Coco Chanel: Youth is something...

Coco Chanel: Youth is something...

Youth is something very new: twenty years ago, no one mentioned it.

Source: quoted...

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Mary Kay Ash: Listen long enough...

Mary Kay Ash: Listen long enough...

Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

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Anita Roddick: I hope to...

Anita Roddick: I hope to...

I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs.

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Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so.

Source: The Popcorn...

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Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the...

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Julie Andrews: Some people regard...

Julie Andrews: Some people regard...

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to...

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