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Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Source: In...

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Alice Duer Miller: Love will not...

Alice Duer Miller: Love will not...

Love will not always linger longest
With those who hold it in too clenched a fist.


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Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Busy work brings after ease;
Ease brings sport and sport brings rest;
For young and old, of all degrees,
The...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: I like the...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: I like the...

I like the man who faces what he must,
With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer;
Who fights the daily battle...

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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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Jessie Redmon Fauset: The remarkable thing...

Jessie Redmon Fauset: The remarkable thing...

The remarkable thing about this gift of ours is that it has its rise, I am convinced, in the very woes which beset us...

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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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Edith Nesbitt: It is wonderful...

Edith Nesbitt: It is wonderful...

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.


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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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Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and...

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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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Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Coco Chanel: Success is often...

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

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Diane Arbus: You see someone...

Diane Arbus: You see someone...

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

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Diane Arbus: I really believe...

Diane Arbus: I really believe...

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

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Julie Andrews: All love shifts...

Julie Andrews: All love shifts...

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the...

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Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Reality is something you rise above.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara...

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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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Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't...

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Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.

Source:...

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