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Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Source: Inteview in...

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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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Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

I stole everything that I heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Source: In...

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Ellen Terry: No amount of...

Ellen Terry: No amount of...

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

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Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

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Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

Source:...

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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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Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

Source: In 2,715...

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Adrienne Rich: We might possess...

Adrienne Rich: We might possess...

We might possess every technological resource . . . but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless,...

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Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Here's a riddle for Our Age: when the sky's the limit, how can you tell you've gone too...

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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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Virginia Woolf: My own brain...

Virginia Woolf: My own brain...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery --always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead...

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Marya Mannes: In our society...

Marya Mannes: In our society...

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend...

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Julia Ward Howe: Disarm, disarm. The...

Julia Ward Howe: Disarm, disarm. The...

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence...

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Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision.

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Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and...

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