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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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Anita Brookner: You never know...

Anita Brookner: You never know...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew...

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Susan Sontag: All. . ....

Susan Sontag: All. . ....

All. . . forms of consensus about great books and perennial problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually...

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Rebecca West: Men must be...

Rebecca West: Men must be...

Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain...

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Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Old age is the verdict of life.

Source: All the Days of My Life, ch. 26,...

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Marge Piercy: It is not...

Marge Piercy: It is not...

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

Source: In Webster's...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: In economics, we...

Barbara Ehrenreich: In economics, we...

In economics, we borrowed from the Bourbons; in foreign policy, we drew on themes fashioned by the nomad warriors of...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: Worship your heroes...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: Worship your heroes...

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

The most subtle flattery a woman can receive is that conveyed by actions, not by words.

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives women...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives women...

Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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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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Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in...

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

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Mary Webb: The well of...

Mary Webb: The well of...

The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small.

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Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to . . . . Do it,...

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Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it...

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Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a...

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Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand...

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