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Catherine Deneuve: Acting is also...

Catherine Deneuve: Acting is also...

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost...

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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Writing is thinking....

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Writing is thinking....

Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

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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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Florence King: We want a...

Florence King: We want a...

We want a president who is as much like an American tourist as possible. Someone with the same goofy grin, the same...

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Maya Angelou: Nobody, but nobody...

Maya Angelou: Nobody, but nobody...

Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.


Source:
-- Maya Angelou,...

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Alice James: You must remember...

Alice James: You must remember...

You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is...

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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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Margaret Anderson: Art to me...

Margaret Anderson: Art to me...

Art to me was a state: it didn't need to be an accomplishment.

Source: The Fiery...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

You have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform...

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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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Minna Thomas Antrim: Illusion is the...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Illusion is the...

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

Source: In The...

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Dorothy Parker: By the time...

Dorothy Parker: By the time...

By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying...

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Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

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Dorothy Parker: If all the...

Dorothy Parker: If all the...

If all the girls attending it were laid end to end - I wouldn't be at all surprised.

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Helen Keller: How reconcile this...

Helen Keller: How reconcile this...

How reconcile this world of fact with the bright world of my imagining? My darkness has been filled with the light of...

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Dorothy Parker: A list of...

Dorothy Parker: A list of...

A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is...

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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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Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

[Writing] has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different...

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Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction...

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