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Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly...

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Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

There are no signposts in the sea.

Source: No Signposts in the Sea, 1961.
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Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly...

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Nelly Sachs: When sleep leaves...

Nelly Sachs: When sleep leaves...

When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its...

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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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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Edith Head: You can have...

Edith Head: You can have...

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Coco Chanel: There is time...

Coco Chanel: There is time...

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Source: In...

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Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise -- it makes you stretch.

Source: In Words...

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Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally,...

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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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Bessie Smith: No time to...

Bessie Smith: No time to...

No time to marry, no time to settle down;
I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin'...

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Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative, especially in the theater. You have to care so much...

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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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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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Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

Shirley Jones: The musicals had...

The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who...

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Camille Paglia: Our major universities...

Camille Paglia: Our major universities...

Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around...

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