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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Emily Dickinson: How dreary to...

Emily Dickinson: How dreary to...

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring...

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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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Denise Levertov: One of the...

Denise Levertov: One of the...

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Poems come from incomplete knowledge.

Source: With Words, The Motorcycle Betrayal...

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Diane Wakoski: The best young...

Diane Wakoski: The best young...

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first...

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Brigitte Bardot: It is sad...

Brigitte Bardot: It is sad...

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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Lily Tomlin: Don't be afraid...

Lily Tomlin: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had...

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Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

Source: In Reader's...

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Lily Tomlin: When we talk...

Lily Tomlin: When we talk...

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

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Ruth Draper: Number seven ....

Ruth Draper: Number seven ....

Number seven . . . What's it meant to be, dear? . . . A Study? . . . It doesn't say what of? . . . Well, that's an...

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Sally Field: I was raised...

Sally Field: I was raised...

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge...

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Shelley Winters: Every now and...

Shelley Winters: Every now and...

Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in...

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Shelley Long: If you don't...

Shelley Long: If you don't...

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a...

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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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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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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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Mary Antin: There is never...

Mary Antin: There is never...

There is never a Jewish community without its scholars, but where Jews may not be both intellectuals and Jews, they...

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