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Enid Bagnold: When a man...

Enid Bagnold: When a man...

When a man goes through six years' training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too...

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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Agatha Christie: I don't think...

Agatha Christie: I don't think...

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also...

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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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Mae West: When you get...

Mae West: When you get...

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Source: The Observer,...

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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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Paula Gunn Allen: Breath is life,...

Paula Gunn Allen: Breath is life,...

Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle...

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Edith Nesbitt: Time and space...

Edith Nesbitt: Time and space...

Time and space are only forms of thought.

Source: The Story of the Amulet,...

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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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Sarah Siddons: . . ....

Sarah Siddons: . . ....

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits...

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Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with...

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Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good...

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Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring...

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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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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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Emily Dickinson: Nods from the...

Emily Dickinson: Nods from the...

Nods from the Gilded pointers --
Nods from the Seconds slim --
Decades of Arrogance between
The Dial life...

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Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Source: The Little Foxes, 1939.
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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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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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Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

God will protect us, [my mother] often said to June and me. But to make sure, she would add, carry a heavy...

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