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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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Peggy Noonan: If you join...

Peggy Noonan: If you join...

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when...

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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.

Source: Quoted...

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Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Source:
-- Agatha...

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Agatha Christie: Where large sums...

Agatha Christie: Where large sums...

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

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Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and...

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Ayn Rand: There are two...

Ayn Rand: There are two...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always...

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George Sand: Simplicity is the...

George Sand: Simplicity is the...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort...

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Christina of Sweden: God has neither...

Christina of Sweden: God has neither...

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is...

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Ninon de Lenclos: The joy of...

Ninon de Lenclos: The joy of...

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Source: Correspondence...

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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.

Source: Doctor, in...

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Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.

Source: The Song of...

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Anne Tyler: II would advise...

Anne Tyler: II would advise...

II would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them -- without a...

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Toni Cade Bambara: [R]eappraise the past,...

Toni Cade Bambara: [R]eappraise the past,...

[R]eappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are...

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Freda Adler: Stripped of ethical...

Freda Adler: Stripped of ethical...

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses...

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Maria Montessori: The task of...

Maria Montessori: The task of...

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Real life seems to have no plot.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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