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Patricia McKillip: Content, it dreams...

Patricia McKillip: Content, it dreams...

Content, it dreams awake, and spins the fabric of tales. There is really nothing to be done with such imagery except...

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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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Paula Gunn Allen: Indians think it...

Paula Gunn Allen: Indians think it...

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for...

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Susan Griffin: I am not...

Susan Griffin: I am not...

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the...

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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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Vera Brittain: For the courage...

Vera Brittain: For the courage...

For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing,
But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute...

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Jane Fonda: When you can't...

Jane Fonda: When you can't...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Source: In The...

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Shirley Jones: It was a...

Shirley Jones: It was a...

It was a wonderful time [making The Partridge Family] and I loved every minute of it. We had a great executive...

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Virginia Graham: Good shot, bad...

Virginia Graham: Good shot, bad...

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be...

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Bessie Smith: It's a long...

Bessie Smith: It's a long...

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

Source: Long OId Road,...

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Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Privacy and security are those things you give up when `you show the world what makes you...

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Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

Source: From a...

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Drew Barrymore: I don't know...

Drew Barrymore: I don't know...

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Nobody sees a...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Nobody sees a...

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time -- like to have a friend takes...

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Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

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Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...

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Grace Hansen: ??...

Grace Hansen: ??...

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-- Grace Hansen, (Jan 0 1913-1985), US dance director; 0

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Britney Spears: I'm not really...

Britney Spears: I'm not really...

I'm not really doing anything different this time around but I am really growing up, as a person and that just all...

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