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Dorothy Thompson: Even in life...

Dorothy Thompson: Even in life...

Even in life [Sinclair Lewis] was fully alive only in his writing. He lives in public libraries from Maine to...

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Renata Adler: No one ever...

Renata Adler: No one ever...

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a...

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Marilyn vos Savant: Being defeated is...

Marilyn vos Savant: Being defeated is...

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

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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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Barbara Sher: The amount of...

Barbara Sher: The amount of...

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

Source:...

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Susan Sontag: I was not...

Susan Sontag: I was not...

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my...

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Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality, and energy and interest. We all lose...

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Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

I mean what good does it do anyone to kill themselves working, because the worms will get you in the...

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Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

Source: My Words Will Be...

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Maxine Kumin: To write about...

Maxine Kumin: To write about...

To write about the monstrous sense of alienation the poet feels in this culture of polarized hatreds is a way of...

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Sonia Sanchez: The joy of...

Sonia Sanchez: The joy of...

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I...

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Sonia Sanchez: . . ....

Sonia Sanchez: . . ....

. . . I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

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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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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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Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on...

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Billie Holiday: You can be...

Billie Holiday: You can be...

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can...

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Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

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Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Edith Sitwell: My poems are...

Edith Sitwell: My poems are...

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.

Source: Collected Poems.
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