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Joanna Baillie: He that will...

Joanna Baillie: He that will...

He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen...

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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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Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I...

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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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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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Sara Teasdale: I have no...

Sara Teasdale: I have no...

I have no riches but my thoughts,
Yet these are wealth enough for me.


Source:...

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Sara Teasdale: It is my...

Sara Teasdale: It is my...

It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

Source: What Do I Care?, Flame and...

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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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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Can't nothin make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Source: In Famous...

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Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

O lord! your wise men are the greatest fools upon earth; they reason about their enjoyments, and analyse their...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

There was a young person of Tottenhem,
Whose manners, good Lord! she'd forgotten 'em.


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Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in...

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Toni Morrison: We die. That...

Toni Morrison: We die. That...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our...

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Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be...

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Emily Bronte: I am now...

Emily Bronte: I am now...

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Marguerite Duras: You have to...

Marguerite Duras: You have to...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're...

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Gayl Jones: When you tell...

Gayl Jones: When you tell...

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human...

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