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Edith Wharton: There are two...

Edith Wharton: There are two...

There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

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Brigid Brophy: I refuse to...

Brigid Brophy: I refuse to...

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my...

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Emmuska Orczy: To love, for...

Emmuska Orczy: To love, for...

To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers...

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Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often...

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Joyce Brothers: When you come...

Joyce Brothers: When you come...

When you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is loving it all.

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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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Jessye Norman: The very best...

Jessye Norman: The very best...

The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it...

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Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate.


Source: c. 1864; The Single Hound,...

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Margot Fonteyn: Life forms illogical...

Margot Fonteyn: Life forms illogical...

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who...

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Isadora Duncan: Most human beings...

Isadora Duncan: Most human beings...

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional...

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Joni Mitchell: I've looked at...

Joni Mitchell: I've looked at...

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I...

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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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Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Not to discover weakness is
The Artifice of strength.


Source: 1865; The Poems of...

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Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

The dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the grass,
And winter instantly becomes
An infinite...

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Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Catherine Deneuve: Film is a...

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and...

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Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of...

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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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Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

You may not be well read, you may not know how to count, you may write poorly, but as soon as you open your mouth...

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Isabel Burton: Without any cant,...

Isabel Burton: Without any cant,...

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

Source: Arabia...

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