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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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Amy Lowell: Time! Joyless emblem...

Amy Lowell: Time! Joyless emblem...

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed
Of millions, robber of the best
Which earth can give. ....

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Rita Dove: I prefer to...

Rita Dove: I prefer to...

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.

Source: In...

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Jessie Redmon Fauset: Biology transcends society....

Jessie Redmon Fauset: Biology transcends society....

Biology transcends society.

Source: The Chinaberry Tree, 1913.
-- Jessie Redmon...

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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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Maureen Duffy: Love is the...

Maureen Duffy: Love is the...

Love is the only effective counter to death.

Source: Wounds, 1969.
-- Maureen...

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Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

The pacifists, task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive...

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Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the...

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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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Betty Hutton: Some kind of...

Betty Hutton: Some kind of...

Some kind of fun lasts longer than others.

Source: Hutton to Bracken, on marriage;...

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Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an...

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Mary Pickford: One of the...

Mary Pickford: One of the...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most...

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Debra Winger: I have a...

Debra Winger: I have a...

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: The essence of...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: The essence of...

The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of...

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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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Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

When you were quite a little boy somebody ought to have said 'hush' just once.

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Joan Collins: The easiest way...

Joan Collins: The easiest way...

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for...

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Ilka Chase: The only people...

Ilka Chase: The only people...

The only people who never fail are those who never try.

Source: In Instant...

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