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Anne Rice: To write something,...

Anne Rice: To write something,...

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Source: In The...

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Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Do you ever notice, asked Luisa, how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Source: The Mixed-Up Files...

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Rachel Field: The public is...

Rachel Field: The public is...

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

Source: All This &...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Source: Little Women, 1868.
-- Louisa May...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes very...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes very...

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: The challenge is...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: The challenge is...

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible,...

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Bernadette Devlin: To gain that...

Bernadette Devlin: To gain that...

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Audre Lorde: If I waited...

Audre Lorde: If I waited...

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: While Genius was...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: While Genius was...

While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: A woman in...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: A woman in...

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in...

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Mary Astor: A person without...

Mary Astor: A person without...

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an...

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Marlo Thomas: A man has...

Marlo Thomas: A man has...

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on...

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Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story . . . .

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

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Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

We can be bought, but we can't be bored.

Source: On offers from Hollywood,...

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