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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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Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose...

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Roseanne Barr: A guy is...

Roseanne Barr: A guy is...

A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta...

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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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Cher: I won't be...

Cher: I won't be...

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the...

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Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational -- but how much does it cost you to knock on...

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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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Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Source:...

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Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily...

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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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George Eliot: Keep true, never...

George Eliot: Keep true, never...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...

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Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high repect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them...

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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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Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I am here, a mind...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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Pearl Buck: The young do...

Pearl Buck: The young do...

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after...

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Ruth Benedict: No man ever...

Ruth Benedict: No man ever...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and...

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Ruth Benedict: I have always...

Ruth Benedict: I have always...

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Source: In...

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Ruth Benedict: In a world...

Ruth Benedict: In a world...

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with...

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