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Judy Collins: I don't think...

Judy Collins: I don't think...

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the...

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Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the...

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Oprah Winfrey: When I look...

Oprah Winfrey: When I look...

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Source: In The...

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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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Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my...

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Meryl Streep: It is well...

Meryl Streep: It is well...

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Source: From a...

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Emily Carr: You always feel...

Emily Carr: You always feel...

You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Source: In...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

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Joyce Brothers: If your energy...

Joyce Brothers: If your energy...

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: I am convinced...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: I am convinced...

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

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Emily James Putnam: In contemporary society...

Emily James Putnam: In contemporary society...

In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her...

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George Eliot: To have in...

George Eliot: To have in...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular...

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Lillian Smith: To believe in...

Lillian Smith: To believe in...

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future...

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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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Katherine Paterson: The name we...

Katherine Paterson: The name we...

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

Source: In Words of...

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George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your...

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Ursula Le Guin: It is good...

Ursula Le Guin: It is good...

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the...

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