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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: Those who create...

Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are...

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Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a...

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Pearl Bailey: We must change...

Pearl Bailey: We must change...

We must change in order to survive.

Source: Hurry Up American and Split,...

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Madonna: I became an...

Madonna: I became an...

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Pearl Bailey: The fact is...

Pearl Bailey: The fact is...

The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of...

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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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Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A...

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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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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I...

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George Eliot: The responsibility of...

George Eliot: The responsibility of...

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: There is nothing...

Jane Austen: There is nothing...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Source: In The Harper Book...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Source: In My Autobiography,...

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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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Alice Walker: People tend to...

Alice Walker: People tend to...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You can't move...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You can't move...

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do...

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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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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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