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Alice Meynell: Recurrence is sure....

Alice Meynell: Recurrence is sure....

Recurrence is sure. What the mind suffered last week, or last year, it does not suffer now; but it will suffer again...

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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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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: I felt the...

Judith Jamison: I felt the...

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and...

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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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George Eliot: Would not love...

George Eliot: Would not love...

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.

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Jane Austen: She was a...

Jane Austen: She was a...

She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.

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Anita Loos: I really think...

Anita Loos: I really think...

I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very, very...

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Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Whenever people say we mustn't be sentimental, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And, if they add,...

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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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Helen Keller: Museums and art...

Helen Keller: Museums and art...

Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the...

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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: There is entirely...

Dorothy Parker: There is entirely...

There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.

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Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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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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Renata Adler: Fear . ....

Renata Adler: Fear . ....

Fear . . . is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.

Source: In The Wit & Wisdom...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket...

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