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Margaret Anderson: I have always...

Margaret Anderson: I have always...

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep...

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Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Source: In The...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Source: In The...

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Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Helen Rowland: A bachelor never...

Helen Rowland: A bachelor never...

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.

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Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Source:...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had...

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Gail Sheehy: With the only...

Gail Sheehy: With the only...

With the only certainty in our daily existence being change, and a rate of change growing always faster in a kind of...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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Eudora Welty: Long before I...

Eudora Welty: Long before I...

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to...

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Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the...

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Willa Cather: I tell you...

Willa Cather: I tell you...

I tell you there is such a thing as creative hate.

Source: The Song of the Lark,...

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Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds,...

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Judy Blume: My only advice...

Judy Blume: My only advice...

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.

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Kathleen Norris: Just the knowledge...

Kathleen Norris: Just the knowledge...

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day...

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Faith Baldwin: You cannot contribute...

Faith Baldwin: You cannot contribute...

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach,...

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Susan Warner: There is a...

Susan Warner: There is a...

There is a world there, Winthrop, -- another sort of world -- where people know something; where other things are to...

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Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

Source:...

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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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Betty Ford: I had thought...

Betty Ford: I had thought...

I had thought I would hate being First Lady. . . . I loved it.

Source: In 2,715...

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