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Florence King: Time has lost...

Florence King: Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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Irene Peter: Life is entirely...

Irene Peter: Life is entirely...

Life is entirely too time-consuming.

Source:
-- Irene Peter, (Jan 0 0-0), US...

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Julie Burchill: The freedom that...

Julie Burchill: The freedom that...

The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and...

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Katharine Whitehorn: The best career...

Katharine Whitehorn: The best career...

The best career advice given to the young is Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing...

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Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

She's OK if you like talent.

Source: On her friend Mary Martin; In Words of Women...

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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!

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Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Where thou art, that is home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Sonia Sanchez: Poetry is subconscious...

Sonia Sanchez: Poetry is subconscious...

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

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Ruth Draper: You see --...

Ruth Draper: You see --...

You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a...

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Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself...

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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

After 19 years of experimenting, a thousand mistakes, over 400 books, at least 200 bad diets... and a partridge in a...

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Emily Dickinson: The soul should...

Emily Dickinson: The soul should...

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

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Audre Lorde: The learning process...

Audre Lorde: The learning process...

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

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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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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I am not...

Zora Neale Hurston: I am not...

I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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