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Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg...

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Djuna Barnes: Dreams have only...

Djuna Barnes: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

Source: Doctor, in Nightwood, ch. 5,...

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Anne Tyler: People always call...

Anne Tyler: People always call...

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

Source:...

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Isak Dinesen: God made the...

Isak Dinesen: God made the...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

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Betty Ford: . . ....

Betty Ford: . . ....

. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Do what you...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Do what you...

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.

Source: In...

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Barbara Mikulski: I truly believe...

Barbara Mikulski: I truly believe...

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for...

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Elizabeth I: All my possessions...

Elizabeth I: All my possessions...

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Source: Alleged last words.
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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

A sensible woman should be guided by her bead when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Words really flattering...

Ninon de Lenclos: Words really flattering...

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature...

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Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it...

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Nora Ephron: We have lived...

Nora Ephron: We have lived...

We have lived through the era when happiness was a warm puppy, and the era when happiness was a dry martini, and now...

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E L Konigsburg: The adventure is...

E L Konigsburg: The adventure is...

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with...

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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all...

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George Eliot: The responsibility of...

George Eliot: The responsibility of...

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Source:...

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