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Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Source: In 2,715...

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Edna O'Brien: I'm a tuning...

Edna O'Brien: I'm a tuning...

I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all the time.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Marguerite Duras: The best way...

Marguerite Duras: The best way...

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Source: Practicalities, Wasting Time,...

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Anne Bronte: There is always...

Anne Bronte: There is always...

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,...

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Anita Loos: I always think...

Anita Loos: I always think...

I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always...

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Janet Frame: For your own...

Janet Frame: For your own...

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own...

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Susan Sontag: Anthropology has always...

Susan Sontag: Anthropology has always...

Anthropology has always struggled with an intense, fascinated repulsion towards its subject. . . . [The...

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Dorothy Parker: He lies below,...

Dorothy Parker: He lies below,...

He lies below, correct in cypress wood,
And entertains the most exclusive worms.


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Sarah Ban Breathnach: As we become...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: As we become...

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path. . . we learn to savor the small with a...

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Freya Stark: The great and...

Freya Stark: The great and...

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and...

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Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job...

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Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an...

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Ellen Goodman: We spend January...

Ellen Goodman: We spend January...

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: The rule on...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The rule on...

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at...

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Rona Barrett: I'm a real...

Rona Barrett: I'm a real...

I'm a real pussy cat -- with an iron tail.

Source: In Poisonous Quotes, by Colin...

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Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff...

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Joan Konner: This life isn't...

Joan Konner: This life isn't...

This life isn't bad for a first draft.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Marya Mannes: The process of...

Marya Mannes: The process of...

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself...

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Hannah More: Goals help you...

Hannah More: Goals help you...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Mary Wilson Little: Politeness is only...

Mary Wilson Little: Politeness is only...

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Source:...

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