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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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Ellen Glasgow: I suppose I...

Ellen Glasgow: I suppose I...

I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things that I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I...

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Adelle Davis: We are indeed...

Adelle Davis: We are indeed...

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a...

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Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a...

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Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Psychologically, having it all is not a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are...

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Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because...

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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Judith Guest: He had led...

Judith Guest: He had led...

He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly...

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Grace Metalious: . ....

Grace Metalious: . ....

. . . to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without...

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Barbara Cartland: I'll keep going...

Barbara Cartland: I'll keep going...

I'll keep going till my face falls off.

Source: The Observer, 'Sayings of the...

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Jean Ingelow: I have lived...

Jean Ingelow: I have lived...

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

Source: From...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isthe higher achievement.

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June Singer: And so Multi-media...

June Singer: And so Multi-media...

And so Multi-media Man, the contemporary successor to Renaissance Man . . .

Source:...

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Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,...

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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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Marjorie Main: I can't make...

Marjorie Main: I can't make...

I can't make Pa change and be neat, so I'll have to change and be dirty. Been peace in this house ever...

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Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Getting involved is so, so . . . involving.

Source: As Ivy Smith ('Miss...

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Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.

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