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George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

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Margaret Mitchell: I'm tired of...

Margaret Mitchell: I'm tired of...

I'm tired of saying, How wonderful you are! to fool men who haven't got one-half the sense I've got, and I'm tired of...

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George Eliot: A difference of...

George Eliot: A difference of...

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Source: Daniel...

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Edna O'Brien: In a way...

Edna O'Brien: In a way...

In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of...

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Nadine Gordimer: The gap between...

Nadine Gordimer: The gap between...

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only,...

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Billy thought privately that the rich are different only because people treat them as if they were. Sometimes she...

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Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Artistic temperament . . . sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I didn't mean...

Madeleine L'Engle: I didn't mean...

I didn't mean to give you the impression that life at the cathedral is like Barchester Towers, as written by...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and...

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George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of...

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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Judy Blume: Let children read...

Judy Blume: Let children read...

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't...

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Maria Montessori: The task of...

Maria Montessori: The task of...

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with...

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Betty Ford: When I say...

Betty Ford: When I say...

When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear...

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Mary Robinson: The aim of...

Mary Robinson: The aim of...

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board...

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Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God . . . When you have been given something in a moment of...

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Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could...

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