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Dorothy Gish: We do not...

Dorothy Gish: We do not...

We do not get paid the exorbitant salaries folk believe, but because of our wealthy reputation we are made to suffer...

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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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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Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

Source: Turner, as Matty...

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Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: It is disturbing...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: It is disturbing...

It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is...

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Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

Source: In Words of...

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Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Some things are meant to happen
Some things are bound to be
Love has a way of making doubting hearts...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: When you take...

Georgia O'Keeffe: When you take...

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment.

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Nelly Sachs: Here and there...

Nelly Sachs: Here and there...

Here and there the lantern of compassion
can be shown to the fish,
where the fishhook is swallowed
or...

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Marianne Moore: A writer is...

Marianne Moore: A writer is...

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

Source:...

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Audre Lorde: I train myself...

Audre Lorde: I train myself...

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

Source: The Cancer...

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Ntozake Shange: Where there is...

Ntozake Shange: Where there is...

Where there is woman there is magic.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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Margery Allingham: He did not...

Margery Allingham: He did not...

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash...

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Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Do what you...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Do what you...

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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