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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There is no...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There is no...

There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

The only real security in a relationship lies neither in looking back in nostalgia, nor forward in dread or...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for...

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Susan Sontag: Taste has no...

Susan Sontag: Taste has no...

Taste has no system and no proofs.

Source: Against Interpretation, 1961.
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Judith Martin: When you're in...

Judith Martin: When you're in...

When you're in love, you put up with things that, when you're out of love you cite.

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Helen Keller: I don't want...

Helen Keller: I don't want...

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

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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: Smell is a...

Helen Keller: Smell is a...

Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have...

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Dorothy Parker: I was the...

Dorothy Parker: I was the...

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Renata Adler: At six one...

Renata Adler: At six one...

At six one morning, Will went out in jeans and frayed sweater to buy a quart of milk. A tourist bus went by. The...

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Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

I don't believe man is woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

Source:
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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.

Source:
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Cher: I won't be...

Cher: I won't be...

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old...

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Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Beauty comes in all sizes-not just size 5.

Source: In The Quotable Quotations Book,...

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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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Emily Dickinson: Till it has...

Emily Dickinson: Till it has...

Till it has loved, no man or woman can become itself.

Source: Letter, 187?; in...

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Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the...

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Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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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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