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Britney Spears: There's no master...

Britney Spears: There's no master...

There's no master plan! I'm just gonna be me and hope it all works out!

Source:...

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May Swenson: I was the...

May Swenson: I was the...

I was the horse and the rider . . .

Source: The Centaur, Sts. I & 2, To Mix with...

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Emma Lazarus: Still on Israel's...

Emma Lazarus: Still on Israel's...

Still on Israel's head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.


Source: The...

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Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Faith --is the Pierless Bridge
Supporting what We see
Unto the Scene that We do not...

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Amy Lowell: For books are...

Amy Lowell: For books are...

For books are more than books, they are the life
The very heart and core of ages past,
The reason why men lived...

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Vera Brittain: There is an...

Vera Brittain: There is an...

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no...

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Gloria Swanson: I think all...

Gloria Swanson: I think all...

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: One learns in...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: One learns in...

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.

Source: In An...

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Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space...

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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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Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Source:...

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Peace Pilgrim: Pure love is...

Peace Pilgrim: Pure love is...

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

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Angela Davis: Radical simply means...

Angela Davis: Radical simply means...

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

Source: Let Us All Rise Together,...

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Helen Rowland: A widow is...

Helen Rowland: A widow is...

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang...

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Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

One is not born a genius. One becomes a genius.

Source: The Second Sex,...

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Lifestyles and sex...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Lifestyles and sex...

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small...

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Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Since every death diminishes a little, we grieve -- not so much for the death as for...

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June Jordan: Americans have begun...

June Jordan: Americans have begun...

Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to...

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Elsa Maxwell: Under pressure, people...

Elsa Maxwell: Under pressure, people...

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being...

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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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