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Emily Dickinson: I hope you...

Emily Dickinson: I hope you...

I hope you love birds, too. It is economical. It saves going to Heaven.

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Emily Dickinson: They say God...

Emily Dickinson: They say God...

They say God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

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Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?

Source: It's Time for...

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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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Oprah Winfrey: I am a...

Oprah Winfrey: I am a...

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and...

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Susan Sontag: The hard truth...

Susan Sontag: The hard truth...

The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes...

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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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Helen Keller: The welfare of...

Helen Keller: The welfare of...

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Dorothy Parker: People Who Do...

Dorothy Parker: People Who Do...

People Who Do things, exceed my endurance;
God, for a man that solicits insurance!


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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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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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Helen Rowland: Failing to be...

Helen Rowland: Failing to be...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an...

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Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.

Source: Social...

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Fran Lebowitz: Large, naked, raw...

Fran Lebowitz: Large, naked, raw...

Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting...

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Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the...

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Erma Bombeck: A child develops...

Erma Bombeck: A child develops...

A child develops individuality long before he develops taste. I have seen my kid straggle into the kitchen in the...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: Young people have...

Rebecca Harding Davis: Young people have...

Young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which . . . develops patriotism and courage....

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Dorothy Parker: Well, there are...

Dorothy Parker: Well, there are...

Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan...

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Maya Angelou: Nature has no...

Maya Angelou: Nature has no...

Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, 'I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I...

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