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Jeane Kirkpatrick: Look, I don't...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: Look, I don't...

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Source: On NBC TV, 3 Apr 1985.
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Lady Bird Johnson: Walk away from...

Lady Bird Johnson: Walk away from...

Walk away from it until you're stronger. All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able...

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Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still...

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Loretta Swit: So much of...

Loretta Swit: So much of...

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite...

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Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

The deeper interior you have the more you have in your llibrary.

Source: Interview...

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Terry McMillan: It takes me...

Terry McMillan: It takes me...

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God...

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May Swenson: The summer that...

May Swenson: The summer that...

The summer that I was ten --
Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten? It must
have been a long one...

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Grace Hansen: ??...

Grace Hansen: ??...

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-- Grace Hansen, (Jan 0 1913-1985), US dance director; 0

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Fay Weldon: You end up...

Fay Weldon: You end up...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you...

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Anne Rice: The truth is,...

Anne Rice: The truth is,...

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly...

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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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Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their...

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Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with...

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Gertrude Stein: Let me listen...

Gertrude Stein: Let me listen...

Let me listen to me and not them.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Gertrude Stein: If you are...

Gertrude Stein: If you are...

If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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Katherine Paterson: The name we...

Katherine Paterson: The name we...

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

Source: In Words of...

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Katherine Paterson: To fear is...

Katherine Paterson: To fear is...

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

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Jane Austen: I think I...

Jane Austen: I think I...

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to...

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