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Julia Child: I think the...

Julia Child: I think the...

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. ...

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Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with...

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Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the...

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Isabel Burton: I have no...

Isabel Burton: I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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Jane Smiley: In my experience,...

Jane Smiley: In my experience,...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand...

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Julie Burchill: It has been...

Julie Burchill: It has been...

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out...

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Kate Chopin: The voice of...

Kate Chopin: The voice of...

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close...

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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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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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Rebecca West: Most works of...

Rebecca West: Most works of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their...

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Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Then again, maybe I won't.

Source: Book title, 1971.
-- Judy Blume, (Feb 12...

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Jean Stafford: A small silence...

Jean Stafford: A small silence...

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Time . . . is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Source: In Words of...

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Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

The power that makes the grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us...

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Nancy Mitford: I have only...

Nancy Mitford: I have only...

I have only read one book in my life and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Betty Smith: There's a tree...

Betty Smith: There's a tree...

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it...

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Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

It's a nervous work. The state that you need to write is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid...

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