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Mari Evans: Idiom is larger...

Mari Evans: Idiom is larger...

Idiom is larger than geography; it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the...

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Mari Evans: I try for...

Mari Evans: I try for...

I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go....

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

Source: Poems, 1792.
-- Anna...

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Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Source: In Daily...

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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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Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable,...

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Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of...

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Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest . . . beautiful, no. Amusing,...

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Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox...

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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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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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Barbara Hepworth: I must always...

Barbara Hepworth: I must always...

I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to...

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Louise Nevelson: I see no...

Louise Nevelson: I see no...

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

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Debbi Fields: I had always...

Debbi Fields: I had always...

I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to...

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Jinger Heath: Don't do anything...

Jinger Heath: Don't do anything...

Don't do anything that someone else can do for you because there are only so many things that only you can...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

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Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Don't we realize we're a business, we single girls are? Every building that goes up in Manhattan has more than fifty...

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Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we...

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