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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Anne Tyler: People always call...

Anne Tyler: People always call...

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

Source:...

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Anne Tyler: I never think...

Anne Tyler: I never think...

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too...

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Willa Cather: Winter lies too...

Willa Cather: Winter lies too...

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and...

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Gayl Jones: I believe that...

Gayl Jones: I believe that...

I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can...

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Zelda Fitzgerald: By the time...

Zelda Fitzgerald: By the time...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long...

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Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the...

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Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Many a truth sprang from an error.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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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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Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Edith Head: You can have...

Edith Head: You can have...

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise -- it makes you stretch.

Source: In Words...

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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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Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally,...

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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Joan Rivers: My routines come...

Joan Rivers: My routines come...

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

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Mahalia Jackson: Anybody that sings...

Mahalia Jackson: Anybody that sings...

Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.

Source: In Aretha...

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Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Sometimes you've got to let everything go -- purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is...

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