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Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their...

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Katharine Whitehorn: A good listener...

Katharine Whitehorn: A good listener...

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore...

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Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and...

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Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be...

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Margaret Bourke-White: If you banish...

Margaret Bourke-White: If you banish...

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

Source: In Words of...

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Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

The high stage of world-industrial development in capitalistic production finds expression in the extraordinary...

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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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Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore,...

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Helen Rowland: A man's desire...

Helen Rowland: A man's desire...

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Doing all we can to promote our friend's happiness is better than to continually drink to his...

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Maya Angelou: The most called-upon...

Maya Angelou: The most called-upon...

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

Source: The...

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Harriet Martineau: Men who pass...

Harriet Martineau: Men who pass...

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard...

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Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

The excellent becomes the permanent.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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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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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. . . . It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave...

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Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of...

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Alice James: The success or...

Alice James: The success or...

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right...

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Freya Stark: Most people, after...

Freya Stark: Most people, after...

Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks,...

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Judith Crist: In this lovely...

Judith Crist: In this lovely...

In this lovely land of corrugated cartons and plastic bags, we want our entertainment packaged neatly . . . an...

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