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Adela Rogers St Johns: Happiness is a...

Adela Rogers St Johns: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky.

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Elizabeth Kenny: The American doctor...

Elizabeth Kenny: The American doctor...

The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and . . . an eagerness to know what it is really all...

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Joyce Brothers: Trust your hunches....

Joyce Brothers: Trust your hunches....

Trust your hunches. . . . Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning! Do...

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Sylvia Plath: There must be...

Sylvia Plath: There must be...

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

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Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in...

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Ouida: Petty laws breed...

Ouida: Petty laws breed...

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Source: Wisdom, Wit and Pathos, Moths, 1884.
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Eva Figes: When modern woman...

Eva Figes: When modern woman...

When modern woman discovered the orgasm it was (combined with modern birth control) perhaps the biggest single nail in...

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Shirley Hufstedler: The role of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The role of...

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most...

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June Singer: Is it sufficient...

June Singer: Is it sufficient...

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people...

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Ruth Benedict: I long to...

Ruth Benedict: I long to...

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong...

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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

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Madeleine L'Engle: I love my...

Madeleine L'Engle: I love my...

I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept her as...

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George Eliot: In the vain...

George Eliot: In the vain...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Source: Romola, bk....

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Anna Pavlova: When a small...

Anna Pavlova: When a small...

When a small child . . . I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which...

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Nadia Boulanger: A great work...

Nadia Boulanger: A great work...

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Source: In...

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Maxine Kumin: Everything pays for...

Maxine Kumin: Everything pays for...

Everything pays for growing tame.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long...

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Shirley MacLaine: I've made so...

Shirley MacLaine: I've made so...

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way any more. They leave it on the...

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Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Source: In Quote (Anderson), 24 Mar...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate.


Source: c. 1864; The Single Hound,...

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