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Elizabeth Gaskell: Sometimes one likes...

Elizabeth Gaskell: Sometimes one likes...

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their...

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Anne Tyler: I didn't really...

Anne Tyler: I didn't really...

I didn't really choose to be a writer; I more or less fell into it.

Source: A...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

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Rita Dove: What's invisible<br>sings, and...

Rita Dove: What's invisible
sings, and...

What's invisible
sings, and we bear witness.


Source: The Hill Has Something to...

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Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Source:...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: I find it's...

Edna St Vincent Millay: I find it's...

I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

Source:...

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Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

What matters it if they do forget the singer, so they don't forget the song.

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Edith Sitwell: I have often...

Edith Sitwell: I have often...

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. . . . But I am too busy thinking about...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad -- and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the...

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Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

Barbra Streisand: The malignant neglect...

The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally,...

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Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human...

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Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known...

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Judy Collins: This is a...

Judy Collins: This is a...

This is a crazy culture. Absolutely nutty. You see it reflected everywhere you look, the desperate search -- who are...

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Judy Collins: I've gone through...

Judy Collins: I've gone through...

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get...

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Joan Baez: Seeing you sleeping...

Joan Baez: Seeing you sleeping...

Seeing you sleeping peacefully on your back among your stuffed ducks, bears and basset hounds, would remind me that no...

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

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