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Susan Sontag: Detachment is the...

Susan Sontag: Detachment is the...

Detachment is the prerogative of an elite; and as the dandy is the nineteenth century's surrogate for the aristocrat...

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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: Using a camera...

Susan Sontag: Using a camera...

Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and...

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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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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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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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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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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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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: The Possible's slow...

Emily Dickinson: The Possible's slow...

The Possible's slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination.


Source: In Webster's...

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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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Emily Dickinson: The Soul unto...

Emily Dickinson: The Soul unto...

The Soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend --
Or the most agonizing Spy --
An Enemy --could send...

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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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Mae West: You can say...

Mae West: You can say...

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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Shirley Temple Black: No country has...

Shirley Temple Black: No country has...

No country has washed more dirty laundry in public than we have.

Source: In...

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Emily Dickinson: Truth is so...

Emily Dickinson: Truth is so...

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jane Seymour: You have to...

Jane Seymour: You have to...

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life -- so that...

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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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Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten...

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Edith Wharton: In any really...

Edith Wharton: In any really...

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.

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