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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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Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Said a Rooster, I'd have you all know
I am nearly the whole of the show;
Why, the Sun every morn
Gets up with...

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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: I write in...

Diane Wakoski: I write in...

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it...

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Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Thou ill-form,d offspring of my feeble brain . . .

Source: From the Author to her...

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Marianne Moore: It is human...

Marianne Moore: It is human...

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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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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Mary Caroline Richards: We must be...

Mary Caroline Richards: We must be...

We must be steady enough in ourselves, to be open and to let the winds of life blow through us, to be our breath, our...

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Adelaide A Proctor: Seated one day...

Adelaide A Proctor: Seated one day...

Seated one day at the organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy...

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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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Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Still on it creeps,
Each little moment at another's heels,
Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up
Of...

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Sophia Loren: Everything you see...

Sophia Loren: Everything you see...

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams,...

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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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Marlo Thomas: A man has...

Marlo Thomas: A man has...

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on...

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Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes...

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Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.

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Patricia Neal: When you call...

Patricia Neal: When you call...

When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a...

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Geena Davis: I finally understand...

Geena Davis: I finally understand...

I finally understand what all the fuss is about now. It's just like a whole other ball...

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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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