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Gertrude Stein: But then of...

Gertrude Stein: But then of...

But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

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Nora Ephron: I am continually...

Nora Ephron: I am continually...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from...

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Mary Webb: When you dwell...

Mary Webb: When you dwell...

When you dwell in a house you mislike, you will look out of a window a deal more than those that are content with...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

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Carson McCullers: The writer by...

Carson McCullers: The writer by...

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes...

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Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have...

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Angela Carter: There are lots...

Angela Carter: There are lots...

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose...

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Willa Cather: There are only...

Willa Cather: There are only...

There are only two or three human stories and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never...

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Gayl Jones: I learned to...

Gayl Jones: I learned to...

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard...

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Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with...

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Barbara De Angelis: Only when your...

Barbara De Angelis: Only when your...

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or...

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Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

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Alice Walker: Listen, God love...

Alice Walker: Listen, God love...

Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration...

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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

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Ethel Merman: I can never...

Ethel Merman: I can never...

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd...

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Lena Horne: You have to...

Lena Horne: You have to...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

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Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked...

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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Barbra Streisand: I was a...

Barbra Streisand: I was a...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy...

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