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Natalie Clifford Barney: Youth is not...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Youth is not...

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

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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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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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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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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Source: Adam Bede,...

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Carolyn Wells: We should live...

Carolyn Wells: We should live...

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

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Margaret Sanger: [The woman's] mission...

Margaret Sanger: [The woman's] mission...

[The woman's] mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine; hers is not to preserve a...

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Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an...

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Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Amelia Barr: Events that are...

Amelia Barr: Events that are...

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we...

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Marian Wright Edelman: Don't feel entitled...

Marian Wright Edelman: Don't feel entitled...

Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for.

Source: The...

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Gail Sheehy: Changes are not...

Gail Sheehy: Changes are not...

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary...

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Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.

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Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive...

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Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to...

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Shana Alexander: Until quite recently...

Shana Alexander: Until quite recently...

Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts . . .

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Anya Seton: Truth is naturally...

Anya Seton: Truth is naturally...

Truth is naturally universal, said Akananda, and shines into many different windows, though some of them are...

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