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Enid Bagnold: The pleasure of...

Enid Bagnold: The pleasure of...

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the hit is much...

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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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Emily Dickinson: This is the...

Emily Dickinson: This is the...

This is the Hour of Lead --
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow --
First --Chill...

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Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call...

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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . militarism . . . is one of the chief bulwarks of capitalism, and the day that militarism is undermined,...

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Helen Keller: I don't want...

Helen Keller: I don't want...

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

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Helen Keller: My darkness has...

Helen Keller: My darkness has...

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and...

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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: The world is...

Helen Keller: The world is...

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest...

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Dorothy Parker: Hollywood money isn't...

Dorothy Parker: Hollywood money isn't...

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

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Dorothy Parker: I only want...

Dorothy Parker: I only want...

I only want enough to keep the body and soul apart.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Dorothy Parker: I know that...

Dorothy Parker: I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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Susan Sontag: Life is not...

Susan Sontag: Life is not...

Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are.

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Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Source:
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author,...

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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there...

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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak....

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Fran Lebowitz: The best fame...

Fran Lebowitz: The best fame...

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you...

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Jill Johnston: . ....

Jill Johnston: . ....

. . . we as womenfolk can't, as i see it, be all that smug and satisfied about where we're at anyhow until the...

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Helen Rowland: Love: woman's eternal...

Helen Rowland: Love: woman's eternal...

Love: woman's eternal spring and man's eternal fall.

Source:
-- Helen Rowland,...

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