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Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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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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Francesca Annis: I don't really...

Francesca Annis: I don't really...

I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get...

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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Joni Mitchell: You know that...

Joni Mitchell: You know that...

You know that it never has been easy
Whether you do or do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of the...

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Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

Source: From a...

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Betty Carter: If you're sitting...

Betty Carter: If you're sitting...

If you're sitting in that audience ready to figllt me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting...

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Muriel Rukeyser: I think there...

Muriel Rukeyser: I think there...

I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a...

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Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

To fly we have to have resistance.

Source:
-- Maya Ying Lin, (Oct 5 1959-____),...

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Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is...

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Katherine Dunham: I wasn't concerned...

Katherine Dunham: I wasn't concerned...

I wasn't concerned about the hardships, because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and...

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Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

In Reno [Nevada], there is always a bull market, never a bear market for the stocks and bonds of...

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Dorothy Uhnak: It's funny how...

Dorothy Uhnak: It's funny how...

It's funny how your initial approach to a person can determine your feelings toward them, no matter what facts develop...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Memory seldom fails...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Memory seldom fails...

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

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Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

To rise above tree line is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into birdsong, bog orchids, willows, and...

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Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like. . . . Our...

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Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

Source: In Words of...

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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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Anne Frank: If I read...

Anne Frank: If I read...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other people; otherwise...

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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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