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Judith Rossner: A lie was...

Judith Rossner: A lie was...

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

Source:...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to...

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Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you...

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Bette Midler: It's the heart...

Bette Midler: It's the heart...

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Source: In The...

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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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Barbra Streisand: A human being...

Barbra Streisand: A human being...

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you...

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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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Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee --
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy...

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Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

You have always given me more than I gave to you. . . . You were the wings on which I...

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Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That, is glamour!

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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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Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Source: Tallulah, ch. 15,...

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Rosa Luxemburg: Freedom is always...

Rosa Luxemburg: Freedom is always...

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth -- few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: We tend not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: We tend not...

We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope...

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Brenda Ueland: So you see...

Brenda Ueland: So you see...

So you see the imagination needs moodling, - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and...

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Elizabeth Fishel: Sisters define their...

Elizabeth Fishel: Sisters define their...

Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a...

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Hortense Calisher: Every art is...

Hortense Calisher: Every art is...

Every art is a church without communicants, presided over by a parish of the respectable. An artist is born kneeling;...

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