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Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Source:...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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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: Success is counted...

Emily Dickinson: Success is counted...

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest...

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Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of Cathedral...

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Rita Dove: If only the...

Rita Dove: If only the...

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time...

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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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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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Audre Lorde: Our visions begin...

Audre Lorde: Our visions begin...

Our visions begin with our desires.

Source: In Black Women Writers at Work,...

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Mae West: My advice to...

Mae West: My advice to...

My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to...

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Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Excuse the mess but we live here.

Source: In The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from...

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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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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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Beverly Sills: There is a...

Beverly Sills: There is a...

There is a growing strength in women, but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.

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Emily Dickinson: I never saw...

Emily Dickinson: I never saw...

I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must...

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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: My friends are...

Emily Dickinson: My friends are...

My friends are my estate.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by...

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Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That, is glamour!

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Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great...

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Harriet Tubman: On my underground...

Harriet Tubman: On my underground...

On my underground railroad I never ran my train off the track. And I never lost a...

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