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Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

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Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Judges don't age. Time decorates them.

Source: Judge, in The Chalk Garden, act...

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Rita Mae Brown: You can't be...

Rita Mae Brown: You can't be...

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

Source: In...

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Enid Bagnold: The great and...

Enid Bagnold: The great and...

The great and terrible step was taken. What else could you expect from a girl so expectant? 'Sex,' said Frank Harris,...

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Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your...

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Helen Keller: To keep our...

Helen Keller: To keep our...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength...

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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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George Eliot: Ignorant kindness may...

George Eliot: Ignorant kindness may...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an...

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Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

[Death] is no more than passing from one room to another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that...

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George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the...

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George Eliot: There is hardly...

George Eliot: There is hardly...

There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs,...

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Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. ...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

It was as though there was a film going on inside my head, and I was watching it as it went by. I was completely...

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George Eliot: There are many...

George Eliot: There are many...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Keep it light so you can say a lot more, especially if it's something you care about.

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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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Simone de Beauvoir: What is an...

Simone de Beauvoir: What is an...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Source: La Femme rompue.
-- Simone de...

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Marya Mannes: Nobody objects to...

Marya Mannes: Nobody objects to...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist so long as she manages to also be a good wife,...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

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