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Emily Dickinson: Let us go...

Emily Dickinson: Let us go...

Let us go in; the fog is rising.

Source: Attributed last words; in A Certain World,...

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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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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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Shirley Temple Black: Won't the new...

Shirley Temple Black: Won't the new...

Won't the new 'Suggested for Mature Audience' protect our youngsters from such films? I don't believe so. I know many...

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George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least...

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George Eliot: The golden moments...

George Eliot: The golden moments...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to...

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Helen Rowland: A wise woman...

Helen Rowland: A wise woman...

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he...

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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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Helen Rowland: Telling lies is...

Helen Rowland: Telling lies is...

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married...

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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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Dorothy Parker: If you want...

Dorothy Parker: If you want...

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

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Susan Sontag: Depression is melancholy...

Susan Sontag: Depression is melancholy...

Depression is melancholy minus its charms -- the animation, the fits.

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Susan Sontag: It's a pleasure...

Susan Sontag: It's a pleasure...

It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the...

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Susan Sontag: War-making is one...

Susan Sontag: War-making is one...

War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to...

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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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Nancy Friday: It was the...

Nancy Friday: It was the...

It was the promise of men, that around each corner there was yet another man, more wonderful than the last, that...

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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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Helen Keller: Life is an...

Helen Keller: Life is an...

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others

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