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Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

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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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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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Jane Austen: One does not...

Jane Austen: One does not...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but...

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Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will...

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Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second...

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Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Source: In the Sunday Correspondent (London), 24 Dec...

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Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris. . . and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater...

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Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once...

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Djuna Barnes: New York is...

Djuna Barnes: New York is...

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical...

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Willa Cather: To note an...

Willa Cather: To note an...

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.

Source: Not Under...

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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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M F K Fisher: Central heating, French...

M F K Fisher: Central heating, French...

Central heating, French rubber goods, and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming...

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Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

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Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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Sara Teasdale: Moon, worn thin...

Sara Teasdale: Moon, worn thin...

Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,
In the dawn clouds flying,
How good to go, light into light, and...

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Beth Henley: There are probably...

Beth Henley: There are probably...

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, Hello, how do you do?...

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Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or...

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Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

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