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Suzanne Curchod Necker: It is no...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: It is no...

It is no virtue to bear calamities if we do not feel them.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take...

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Freya Stark: There can be...

Freya Stark: There can be...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

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Jean Kerr: One of the...

Jean Kerr: One of the...

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because...

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Phyllis Battelle: If you haven't...

Phyllis Battelle: If you haven't...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.

Source:...

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Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Source: In The...

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Marya Mannes: The process of...

Marya Mannes: The process of...

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself...

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Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

People who concentrate on giving good service always get more personal satisfaction as well as better business. How...

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Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Closing these two books, a reader senses that Joan Crawford, idol of an age, would have made an exemplary prison...

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Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

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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: The best emotions...

Susan Sontag: The best emotions...

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is...

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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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Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Any authentic work of art must start as an argument between the artist and his audience.

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Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that He only gives it to us moment by moment. He...

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Anne Bronte: There is always...

Anne Bronte: There is always...

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,...

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Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not Am I really that oppressed? but Am I really that...

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Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else -- and must not a waiter be a little less than...

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