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Amie Comeaux: When you smile...

Amie Comeaux: When you smile...

When you smile at me
You take me to a world I never thought I'd see
Your eyes can touch my soul
And fill me...

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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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Josephine Baker: . . ....

Josephine Baker: . . ....

. . . I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed...

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Emily Carr: It is not...

Emily Carr: It is not...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God...

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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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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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Rita Dove: I prefer to...

Rita Dove: I prefer to...

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.


Source: We have been...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that flow.
'Tis the set of sails and not...

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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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Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Bette Davis: Discipline is a...

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.


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Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Source: In...

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Denise Levertov: One of the...

Denise Levertov: One of the...

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as...

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

Source:...

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Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour...

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Pearl Bailey: Children, you must...

Pearl Bailey: Children, you must...

Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A...

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Catherine the Great: Power without a...

Catherine the Great: Power without a...

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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