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Catherine Deneuve: I love to...

Catherine Deneuve: I love to...

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.

Source:...

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Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

Source:...

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Margot Fonteyn: The one important...

Margot Fonteyn: The one important...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking...

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Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...

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Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

Source: In 2,715...

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Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two...

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Whitney Houston: Growing around [great...

Whitney Houston: Growing around [great...

Growing around [great musicians], you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was...

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Marian Anderson: The minute a...

Marian Anderson: The minute a...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Children see things very well sometimes -- and idealists even better.

Source: In...

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Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

[T]he man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are...

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Emily Dickinson: Ample make this...

Emily Dickinson: Ample make this...

Ample make this Bed --
Make this Bed with Awe --
In it wait till Judgment break
Excellent and...

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Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

They're all mine. . . . Of course, I'd trade any one of them for a dishwasher.

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: It will all...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: It will all...

It will all go on as long as women are stupid enough to go on bringing men into the world. ....

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

The truth is not so good a story.

Source: The Firebrand, 1987.
-- Marion Zimmer...

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Nella Larsen: It was ....

Nella Larsen: It was ....

It was . . . enough to suffer as a woman, an individual, on one's own account, without having to suffer for the race...

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Rumer Godden: If books were...

Rumer Godden: If books were...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. . . . because it is the stitch that makes a...

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 1, ch. 10,...

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