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Marilu Henner: An umeboshi plum...

Marilu Henner: An umeboshi plum...

An umeboshi plum is a little Japensese salt plum. The best thing for motion sickness is to take one of these plums . ....

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Raquel Welch: The mind can...

Raquel Welch: The mind can...

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

Source: In Colombo's Hollywood, by J.R....

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Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

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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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Betty Hutton: I think things...

Betty Hutton: I think things...

I think things are going to go right for me again. I'm not old. I'm old enough, but I photograph young, thank God, and...

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Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I...

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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May Swenson: THE DNA MOLECULE<br>THE...

May Swenson: THE DNA MOLECULE
THE...

THE DNA MOLECULE
THE DNA MOLECULE
THE DNA MOLECULE
is The Nude Descending a Staircase
a circular one. See...

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Poems come from incomplete knowledge.

Source: With Words, The Motorcycle Betrayal...

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Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally...

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Coco Chanel: When I can...

Coco Chanel: When I can...

When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Grandma Moses: I have written...

Grandma Moses: I have written...

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my life a good day's...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Only of one thing I am sure:
when I dream
I am always ageless.


Source:...

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Joanna Baillie: He that will...

Joanna Baillie: He that will...

He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen...

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Joanna Baillie: How do men...

Joanna Baillie: How do men...

How do men act, when they together stand,
on the last perch of this swiftly-sinking wreck?
Do they not bravely...

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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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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Do you know why God withheld the sense of humour from women?
That we may love you instead of laughing at...

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Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of...

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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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