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Mary Wilson Little: He who devotes...

Mary Wilson Little: He who devotes...

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become as wise at sixty as he thought himself at...

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Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

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Jane Smiley: As soon as...

Jane Smiley: As soon as...

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then...

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Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as...

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Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Psychotherapy can be one of the greatest and most rewarding adventures, it can bring with it the deepest feelings of...

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Doris Lilly: He demolished people...

Doris Lilly: He demolished people...

He demolished people . . . . You either loved him or you hated him, but there was no one remotely like him, except,...

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Natasha Josefowitz: Luck is being...

Natasha Josefowitz: Luck is being...

Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Modern historians are...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Modern historians are...

Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their...

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Hannah More: One kernel is...

Hannah More: One kernel is...

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to...

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Marilyn French: To nourish children...

Marilyn French: To nourish children...

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or...

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Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

Source: Love and...

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Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of...

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Margaret Sanger: When a motherhood...

Margaret Sanger: When a motherhood...

When a motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will...

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Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.

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Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Very few people seem to admit to coming from my family's class, which I suppose could be described as Upper Working....

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Patricia Fripp: The day that...

Patricia Fripp: The day that...

The day that you discover that you are in charge of your life is the day you turn your life...

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Helen Rowland: France may claim...

Helen Rowland: France may claim...

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are made in...

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Dorothea Brande: All that is...

Dorothea Brande: All that is...

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: act as if it were impossible to fail....

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Molly Haskell: Being alone and...

Molly Haskell: Being alone and...

Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, an infidelity far more threatening than...

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Gail Sheehy: It is a...

Gail Sheehy: It is a...

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it...

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