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P D James: There comes a...

P D James: There comes a...

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

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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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Emily Dickinson: To live is...

Emily Dickinson: To live is...

To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else.

Source: In...

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Emily Dickinson: Prayer is the...

Emily Dickinson: Prayer is the...

Prayer is the little implement
Through which men reach
Where presence - is denied...

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Beah Richards: Both class and...

Beah Richards: Both class and...

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to...

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Beah Richards: Race, what is...

Beah Richards: Race, what is...

Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. . . .Blood doesn't run in races! ...

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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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Judy Collins: I think people...

Judy Collins: I think people...

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must...

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Dorothy Parker: I misremember who...

Dorothy Parker: I misremember who...

I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too...

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Dorothy Parker: Just begin a...

Dorothy Parker: Just begin a...

Just begin a story with such a phrase as 'I remember Disraeli - poor old Dizz! - once saying to me, in answer to my...

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Dorothy Parker: Somebody was using...

Dorothy Parker: Somebody was using...

Somebody was using the pencil.

Source: On why she missed a in New Yorker, deadline;...

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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: This city is...

Susan Sontag: This city is...

This city is neither a jungle nor the moon. . . . In long shot: a cosmic smudge, a conglomerate of bleeding energies....

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Helen Rowland: In olden times...

Helen Rowland: In olden times...

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar -- a practice which is still continued.

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Helen Rowland: No girl who...

Helen Rowland: No girl who...

No girl who is going to marry need bother to win a college degree; she just naturally becomes a Master of Arts and a...

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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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Jill Johnston: It's necessary in...

Jill Johnston: It's necessary in...

It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people, and...

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Fran Lebowitz: There is no...

Fran Lebowitz: There is no...

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise...

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Helen Keller: The world is...

Helen Keller: The world is...

The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of...

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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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