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Rachel Field: The public is...

Rachel Field: The public is...

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

Source: All This &...

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Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like...

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Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was...

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Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about...

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Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Learning . . . should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

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Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

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Lily Tomlin: If you read...

Lily Tomlin: If you read...

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered...

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Sara Teasdale: I make the...

Sara Teasdale: I make the...

I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.


Source: The...

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Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

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Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A poet's pen all scorn I should...

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Emily Carr: Twenty can't be...

Emily Carr: Twenty can't be...

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

The [commune] movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in 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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Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Source: On life with her mother Judy...

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Rita Rudner: My husband and...

Rita Rudner: My husband and...

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our...

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Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is...

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