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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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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues.... I assure you little sins are far less dangerous and...

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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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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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George Eliot: Vanity is as...

George Eliot: Vanity is as...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot...

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Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really frightening.

Source: In...

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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: Never do anything...

Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Source:
-- Agatha...

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Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

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Elizabeth Dole: What you always...

Elizabeth Dole: What you always...

What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to...

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Marie Antoinette: I was a...

Marie Antoinette: I was a...

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my...

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M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in...

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Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

[Finishing schools] are nicely adapted machines for experimenting on the question, Into how little space a human...

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Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely...

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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