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George Eliot: It was not...

George Eliot: It was not...

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine...

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Margery Allingham: In common with...

Margery Allingham: In common with...

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all...

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Joyce Brothers: There is a...

Joyce Brothers: There is a...

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think...

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Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Faith --is the Pierless Bridge
Supporting what We see
Unto the Scene that We do not...

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Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Is there any other...

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Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Remorse --is Memory --awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window --and at...

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Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

I'm looking forward to being older when what you look like becomes less and less the issue and what you are is the...

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Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and...

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Ethel Barrymore: The people are...

Ethel Barrymore: The people are...

The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don't smell. The fruit is unreal, it doesn't taste of anything....

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Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

There's nothing like a hardship song to set my toes atappin.

Source: In The...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: My beautiful, my...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: My beautiful, my...

My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by,
With thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery...

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Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Nadia Boulanger: Life is denied...

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...

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Renata Adler: In the strange...

Renata Adler: In the strange...

In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound...

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Isabel Burton: Without any cant,...

Isabel Burton: Without any cant,...

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

Source: Arabia...

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Nancy Friday: Spontaneous and honest...

Nancy Friday: Spontaneous and honest...

Spontaneous and honest love admits errors, hesitations, and human failings; it can be tested and repaired. Idealized...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: . . ....

Sylvia Pankhurst: . . ....

. . . the fact that [English] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely...

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Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid...

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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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Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

I was thirty-seven when I went to work writing the column. I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social...

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Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Source:...

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