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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

The longest day must have its close -- the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of...

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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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Susan Sontag: Religion is probably,...

Susan Sontag: Religion is probably,...

Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing...

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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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Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

[T]here never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect...

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Julie Burchill: Writing is more...

Julie Burchill: Writing is more...

Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful...

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Dorothy Parker: As only New...

Dorothy Parker: As only New...

As only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the...

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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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Simone de Beauvoir: The most mediocre...

Simone de Beauvoir: The most mediocre...

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

Source:...

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Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more...

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Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tunes without the words- /And never...

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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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Oprah Winfrey: If you come...

Oprah Winfrey: If you come...

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

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Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies.


Source: 1868;...

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Emily Dickinson: If I can...

Emily Dickinson: If I can...

If I can stop one Heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one...

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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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Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing Eyes --
I wonder if It weighs like Mine --
Or has an Easier...

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Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Faith Baldwin: Time is a...

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Source: Face Toward the...

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