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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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Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put...

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Helen Rowland: To a woman...

Helen Rowland: To a woman...

To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning, but to a man it is the beginning of the...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Lost time was...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Lost time was...

Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.

Source: In Words of...

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Helen Keller: When we do...

Helen Keller: When we do...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of...

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Dorothy Parker: Excuse my dust....

Dorothy Parker: Excuse my dust....

Excuse my dust.

Source: Alternative epitaph; in While Rome Burns, Our Mrs. Parker...

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Dorothy Parker: Check enclosed....

Dorothy Parker: Check enclosed....

Check enclosed.

Source: Giving her version of the two most beautiful words in the...

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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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Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Source: In...

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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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Dorothy Parker: It's like meeting...

Dorothy Parker: It's like meeting...

It's like meeting God without dying.

Source: Of Orson Welles.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Oh, don't worry about Alan . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.

Source:...

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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: In good films,...

Susan Sontag: In good films,...

In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to...

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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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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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Tallulah Bankhead: There is less...

Tallulah Bankhead: There is less...

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Source: Shouts and Murmurs, (A....

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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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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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George Eliot: We want people...

George Eliot: We want people...

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Source: George Eliot's Life...

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