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Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the...

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Pearl Buck: Order is the...

Pearl Buck: Order is the...

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Let's face it -- who ever is adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at...

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Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Just once I wanted a task that required all the joy I had. Day after day I had noticed that if I waited long enough,...

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Annie Dillard: I am a...

Annie Dillard: I am a...

I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my...

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Gertrude Stein: Remarks are not...

Gertrude Stein: Remarks are not...

Remarks are not literature.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Agatha Christie: It is completely...

Agatha Christie: It is completely...

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

Source: The Murder...

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Rachel Field: I used to...

Rachel Field: I used to...

I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily...

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Emily Bronte: A good heart...

Emily Bronte: A good heart...

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad. . . and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than...

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Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

You have to erect a fence and say OK, scale this.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects...

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Ruth Etting: He just play...

Ruth Etting: He just play...

He just play chords
Like nobody can
They call him Sam
The old accordian man.


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Mariah Carey: My mother is...

Mariah Carey: My mother is...

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

It [The Mickey Mouse Club] was a great way to grow up. I loved being around kids who had the same passions I...

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Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Source: Reader's Digest, 1 Jun...

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Joni Mitchell: You know that...

Joni Mitchell: You know that...

You know that it never has been easy
Whether you do or do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of the...

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Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

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Judy Garland: I've never looked...

Judy Garland: I've never looked...

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

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