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Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

We're still not where we're going but we're still not where we were.

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Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

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Irene Peter: To make crime...

Irene Peter: To make crime...

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

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Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have...

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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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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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Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious...

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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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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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Dorothy Parker: All I say...

Dorothy Parker: All I say...

All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You...

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Dorothy Parker: Take care of...

Dorothy Parker: Take care of...

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

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Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Work is the province of cattle.

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Nora Ephron: When you have...

Nora Ephron: When you have...

When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different...

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Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to...

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Han Suyin: . . ....

Han Suyin: . . ....

. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort...

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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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Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

If someone tells you he is going to make a realistic decision, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do...

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Shirley Jackson: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result. ....

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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.

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