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Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all...

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Grace Paley: All that is...

Grace Paley: All that is...

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or...

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Rona Barrett: The healthy, the...

Rona Barrett: The healthy, the...

The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his...

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Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

For the happiest life, days should he rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

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Helen Keller: Security is mostly...

Helen Keller: Security is mostly...

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature . . . Life is either a daring adventure or...

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Dorothy Parker: If I had...

Dorothy Parker: If I had...

If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.

Source: At age...

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Dorothy Parker: He is beyond...

Dorothy Parker: He is beyond...

He is beyond question a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex so thoroughly, graphically,...

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Dorothy Parker: The best way...

Dorothy Parker: The best way...

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of the...

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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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Susan Sontag: The past itself,...

Susan Sontag: The past itself,...

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects --making it...

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Susan RoAne: The time spent...

Susan RoAne: The time spent...

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom...

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Judith Jamison: So many people...

Judith Jamison: So many people...

So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to...

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Tallulah Bankhead: The less I...

Tallulah Bankhead: The less I...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which...

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Carrie Fisher: As you get...

Carrie Fisher: As you get...

As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't.

Source: x
--...

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Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...

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Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies.


Source: 1868;...

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Emily Dickinson: Our journey had...

Emily Dickinson: Our journey had...

Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come
To that odd fork in Being's road,
Eternity by...

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Emily Dickinson: The distance that...

Emily Dickinson: The distance that...

The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear --
Their coming back seems possible
For many an...

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Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

His Labor is a Chant --
His Idleness --a Tune --
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of...

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