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Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach...

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Angela Davis: The work of...

Angela Davis: The work of...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be...

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Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Three failures denote...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Three failures denote...

Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.

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Christina Baldwin: Change is the...

Christina Baldwin: Change is the...

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

Source: One...

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Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

Katherine F Gerould: The principle of...

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of...

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Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and one that is...

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Mary Stewart: I reached for...

Mary Stewart: I reached for...

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful...

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Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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George Eliot: Keep true, never...

George Eliot: Keep true, never...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...

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Rose Tremain: The Imagination conjures...

Rose Tremain: The Imagination conjures...

The Imagination conjures gifts; what the ungrateful, unsentimental part of the mind has to do is to unwrap them, find...

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Pearl Buck: The secret of...

Pearl Buck: The secret of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy...

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June Singer: Is it sufficient...

June Singer: Is it sufficient...

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people...

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Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily...

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Patricia McKillip: I write fantasy...

Patricia McKillip: I write fantasy...

I write fantasy because it's there. I have no other excuse for sitting down for several hours a day indulging my...

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Eva Figes: When modern woman...

Eva Figes: When modern woman...

When modern woman discovered the orgasm it was (combined with modern birth control) perhaps the biggest single nail in...

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Toni Cade Bambara: The story is...

Toni Cade Bambara: The story is...

The story is a piece of work. The novel is a way of life.

Source: The Writer on Her...

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Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth...

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