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Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of...

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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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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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Emily Dickinson: There is no...

Emily Dickinson: There is no...

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing...

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Sarah Caldwell: If you approach...

Sarah Caldwell: If you approach...

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Sexism is the...

Andrea Dworkin: Sexism is the...

Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage: A souvenir...

Helen Rowland: Marriage: A souvenir...

Marriage: A souvenir of love.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams,...

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Helen Rowland: No man can...

Helen Rowland: No man can...

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money or...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: To give without...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: To give without...

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

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Cynthia Heimel: All men are...

Cynthia Heimel: All men are...

All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one...

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Christiane Collange: When you belong...

Christiane Collange: When you belong...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be...

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Diana Vreeland: The only real...

Diana Vreeland: The only real...

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

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Jean Kerr: Some people have...

Jean Kerr: Some people have...

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so...

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Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Source: In The Observer, 21...

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Katherine F Gerould: Funny how people...

Katherine F Gerould: Funny how people...

Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true...

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Helen Keller: Everything has it...

Helen Keller: Everything has it...

Everything has it wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be...

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Helen Keller: One should never...

Helen Keller: One should never...

One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose...

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Helen Keller: Of all the...

Helen Keller: Of all the...

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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