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Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

To fly we have to have resistance.

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-- Maya Ying Lin, (Oct 5 1959-____),...

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Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and...

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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage...

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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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Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so...

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Carrie Fisher: Instant gratification takes...

Carrie Fisher: Instant gratification takes...

Instant gratification takes too long.

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-- Carrie Fisher, (Oct 21...

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Gilda Radner: I can always...

Gilda Radner: I can always...

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the...

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Denise Levertov: The poem has...

Denise Levertov: The poem has...

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in...

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Joanna Baillie: Pride is a...

Joanna Baillie: Pride is a...

Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

I sit and sew -- a useless task it seems,
My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams . ....

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Come, cuddle your...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Come, cuddle your...

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from...

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Gloria Swanson: When I die,...

Gloria Swanson: When I die,...

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

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Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Life set itself to new processions of seed-time and harvest, the skin newly turned to seasonal variations, the very...

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: I am playing...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: I am playing...

I am playing with myself,
I am playing with the world's soul,
I am the dialogue between myself and el espiritu...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writing, I think,...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writing, I think,...

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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