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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.

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Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

A sensible woman should be guided by her bead when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a...

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Mary McCarthy: There are no...

Mary McCarthy: There are no...

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without...

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Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

His entire life was becoming a race against the natural -- and he was winning.

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Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

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Edna O'Brien: There is something...

Edna O'Brien: There is something...

There is something about holding on to things that I find therapeutic.

Source: The...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

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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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Dora Russell: We have heeded...

Dora Russell: We have heeded...

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love...

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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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Maya Angelou: The quality of...

Maya Angelou: The quality of...

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when...

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Ann Landers: There are really...

Ann Landers: There are really...

There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and...

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Susan Sontag: A family's photograph...

Susan Sontag: A family's photograph...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family -- and, often, is all that remains of...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle...

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Meg Greenfield: There is such...

Meg Greenfield: There is such...

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. TalkIng too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always...

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Erma Bombeck: Humor is a...

Erma Bombeck: Humor is a...

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, it's unplanned, it's full of...

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Joan Konner: And journalism itself...

Joan Konner: And journalism itself...

And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional...

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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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