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Gail Godwin: Actors between plays...

Gail Godwin: Actors between plays...

Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.

Source: The...

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Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

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Toni Cade Bambara: Our lives preserved....

Toni Cade Bambara: Our lives preserved....

Our lives preserved. How it was; and how it be. Passing it along in the relay. That is what I work to do: to produce...

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Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

These are the stories that never, never die, that are carried like seed into a new country, are told to you and me and...

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Pearl Buck: Praise out of...

Pearl Buck: Praise out of...

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality,...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

'Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

Source: The Country of...

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Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

He loved politicians -- even Republicans.

Source: To joint session of Congress on...

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Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of Education the...

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Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Patterning your life around other?s opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Source:...

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Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only when a...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only when a...

Only when a tree has fallen can you take a measure of it. It is the same with a man.

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Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is...

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Christina Baldwin: Forgiveness is the...

Christina Baldwin: Forgiveness is the...

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

Source: Life's...

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Helen Rowland: Falling in love...

Helen Rowland: Falling in love...

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the...

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Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. [O]ur children are being led...

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Peace Pilgrim: When you find...

Peace Pilgrim: When you find...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with...

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Barbara Walters: Wait for those...

Barbara Walters: Wait for those...

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals...

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Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Very few people seem to admit to coming from my family's class, which I suppose could be described as Upper Working....

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