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Hillary Rodham Clinton: The challenge is...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: The challenge is...

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible,...

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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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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: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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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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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Harper Lee: You're not gonna...

Harper Lee: You're not gonna...

You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't...

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Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on...

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Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for...

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Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are...

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Mary Kay Ash: Sandwich every bit...

Mary Kay Ash: Sandwich every bit...

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

Source: In The...

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Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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Marie Lloyd: A little of...

Marie Lloyd: A little of...

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Source: Song title
-- Marie Lloyd,...

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Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God . . . When you have been given something in a moment of...

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Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could...

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Mary Antin: My days in...

Mary Antin: My days in...

My days in the slums were pregnant with possibilities: it only needed the ripeness of events to make them fruit forth...

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Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Source: In...

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Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Still on it creeps,
Each little moment at another's heels,
Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up
Of...

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Marianne Moore: A writer is...

Marianne Moore: A writer is...

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

Source:...

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Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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