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Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.

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Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter...

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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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Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...

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Ayn Rand: The hardest thing...

Ayn Rand: The hardest thing...

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to...

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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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Lillian Carter: How could Jimmy...

Lillian Carter: How could Jimmy...

How could Jimmy ever criticize me? l'm his mama.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by...

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Joanna Field: I used to...

Joanna Field: I used to...

I used to trouble about what life was for -- now being alive seems sufficient reason.

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Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Beauty can't amuse...

Helen Gurley Brown: Beauty can't amuse...

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking -- can.

Source:...

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Helen Gurley Brown: The only thing...

Helen Gurley Brown: The only thing...

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very...

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Jamaica Kincaid: In isolation I...

Jamaica Kincaid: In isolation I...

In isolation I ruthlessly plow the deep silences, seeking my opportunities like a miner seeking veins of treasures. In...

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Janet Flanner: Genius is immediate,...

Janet Flanner: Genius is immediate,...

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Source: In The Wit & Wisdom of Women,...

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Susan Sontag: Cancer patients are...

Susan Sontag: Cancer patients are...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is...

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Liz Smith: What you become...

Liz Smith: What you become...

What you become is what counts.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will...

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Helen Rowland: Love, the quest;...

Helen Rowland: Love, the quest;...

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

Source: Reflections...

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Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new...

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Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. . . suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than...

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June Jordan: In the name...

June Jordan: In the name...

In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and...

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