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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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Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that...

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Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the...

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Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Life is the first gift, love the second, and understanding the third.

Source: In...

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Molly Haskell: The thought that...

Molly Haskell: The thought that...

The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keep us going.

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Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

Isabelle Eberhardt: The farther behind...

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

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Maya Angelou: There's a world...

Maya Angelou: There's a world...

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

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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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Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of...

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Susan Sontag: A large part...

Susan Sontag: A large part...

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a...

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Susan Sontag: A photograph is...

Susan Sontag: A photograph is...

A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace,...

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Judith Martin: The simple idea...

Judith Martin: The simple idea...

The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Source: In Words of...

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Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

Gloria Naylor: It ain't really...

It ain't really what you'd call change. It's all happened before and it'll happen again with a different set of...

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Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Source: letter to Mr....

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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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.

Source: Samples...

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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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