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Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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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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Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which...

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Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I've learned of...

I've learned of life this bitter truth
Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life can be...

Katharine Hepburn: Life can be...

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always...

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Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

PA: Ma, there no need to apology for our kids, all fifteen are chips off the old block.
MA: Any more chips and...

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Dorothy Uhnak: There weren't many...

Dorothy Uhnak: There weren't many...

There weren't many unusual events to clutter up her memory, so she hung on to the ones she...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Brenda Ueland: I learned that...

Brenda Ueland: I learned that...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads...

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Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. ...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: Why is it...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: Why is it...

Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the...

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Ann Oakley: In our defence...

Ann Oakley: In our defence...

In our defence of biology and its mystique we are blind to the dangers of power. Women as the guardians of children...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

[Work is] something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

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Anna Jameson: The true purpose...

Anna Jameson: The true purpose...

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to...

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Peace Pilgrim: The valid research...

Peace Pilgrim: The valid research...

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

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