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George Eliot: There are some...

George Eliot: There are some...

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...

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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Joyce Brothers: A strong, positive...

Joyce Brothers: A strong, positive...

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Source:...

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Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-heard whose identity is lost in the...

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Maria Callas: An opera begins...

Maria Callas: An opera begins...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it...

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Shelley Long: People had been...

Shelley Long: People had been...

People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think...

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Emily Dickinson: Heaven is so...

Emily Dickinson: Heaven is so...

Heaven is so far of the Mind
That were the Mind dissolved --
The Site --of it --by Architect
Could not again...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget...

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Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and...

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Susan Sontag: It is only...

Susan Sontag: It is only...

It is only the fear of malpractice that keeps doctors candid in this country.

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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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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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Helen Keller: I have often...

Helen Keller: I have often...

I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of...

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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: I can't talk...

Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't...

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Dorothy Parker: Sorrow is tranquillity...

Dorothy Parker: Sorrow is tranquillity...

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Source: Sentiment.
-- Dorothy...

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Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Women and elephants never forget.

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

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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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