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Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to...

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Carolyn Wells: We should live...

Carolyn Wells: We should live...

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
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Ann Plato: Oh! may each...

Ann Plato: Oh! may each...

Oh! may each youthful bosom, catch the sacred fire . . .

Source: Lines.
-- Ann...

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Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything...

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Patricia Neal: A master can...

Patricia Neal: A master can...

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Geena Davis: I've always looked...

Geena Davis: I've always looked...

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

Source: Describing Dustin...

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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

Source:...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him -- though he might be ready with a poker to...

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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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Rita Rudner: Someday I want...

Rita Rudner: Someday I want...

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to...

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Amie Comeaux: One step from...

Amie Comeaux: One step from...

One step from a heartache
Two steps from the blues
So close to a teardrop
I know what you were gonna...

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Joanne Woodward: There can be...

Joanne Woodward: There can be...

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Miriam Makeba: Ours was a...

Miriam Makeba: Ours was a...

Ours was a marriage, a love affair -- the land would nurture us, and we would honor the land. But the land was too...

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Pearl Bailey: People see God...

Pearl Bailey: People see God...

People see God every day, they just don't recognize Him.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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