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Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

Source: In...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Ann Richards: Poor George [Bush],...

Ann Richards: Poor George [Bush],...

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

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Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Source: In Quotable...

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Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

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Anne Tyler: It seems to...

Anne Tyler: It seems to...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a...

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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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Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Source: Sudden Death
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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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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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Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Source: Ji`bilee,...

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Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Source:...

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Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that -- they have...

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E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free...

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E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Source: The Mixed-Up Files...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: If I make...

Marguerite Yourcenar: If I make...

If I make it, I will carry a pencil instead of the ritual sword.

Source: On her...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Anne Frank: I don't believe...

Anne Frank: I don't believe...

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: My master had...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: My master had...

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

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Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Source: In The Algonquin Wits, ed. by...

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