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Helen Gurley Brown: No office anywhere...

Helen Gurley Brown: No office anywhere...

No office anywhere on earth is so puritanical, impeccable, elegant, sterile or incorruptible as not to contain the...

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Fran Lebowitz: Even when freshly...

Fran Lebowitz: Even when freshly...

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be...

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Jane Howard: She was a...

Jane Howard: She was a...

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

Source: On Margaret Mead, 1984.
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Joni Mitchell: And the seasons,...

Joni Mitchell: And the seasons,...

And the seasons, they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel...

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Roseanne Barr: A good...

Roseanne Barr: A good...

A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a...

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Lotte Lehmann: For what mission...

Lotte Lehmann: For what mission...

For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery...

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Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Source:...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.

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Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

Source:...

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George Eliot: Those who trust...

George Eliot: Those who trust...

Those who trust us educate us.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be...

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Jane Austen: To sit in...

Jane Austen: To sit in...

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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George Eliot: Of what use,...

George Eliot: Of what use,...

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need...

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George Eliot: A toddling little...

George Eliot: A toddling little...

A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each...

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George Eliot: What makes life...

George Eliot: What makes life...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Source: Daniel Deronda.
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George Eliot: How could a...

George Eliot: How could a...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? No more than he...

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George Eliot: Great feelings will...

George Eliot: Great feelings will...

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

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