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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the...

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Vera Brittain: Politics are usually...

Vera Brittain: Politics are usually...

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Source: The...

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Marsha Norman: There are things...

Marsha Norman: There are things...

There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is...

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Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

If you haven't got it,
you can't show it.
If you have got it,
you can't hide it.


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Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in...

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Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead...

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Margaret Anderson: My greatest enemy...

Margaret Anderson: My greatest enemy...

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

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Judith Crist: More bomb than...

Judith Crist: More bomb than...

More bomb than bombshell.

Source: On Carroll Baker performance in Baby Doll; in If...

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Jean Kerr: One of the...

Jean Kerr: One of the...

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because...

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Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an...

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Janet Flanner: The German passion...

Janet Flanner: The German passion...

The German passion for bureaucracy -- for written and signal forms . . . to move about, to work, to exist -- is like a...

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Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff...

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Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Life is the first gift, love the second, and understanding the third.

Source: In...

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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The sea does...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The sea does...

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open,...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: The truth is,...

Barbara Ehrenreich: The truth is,...

The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other...

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Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

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Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application...

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June Jordan: As I am...

June Jordan: As I am...

As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.

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Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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