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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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Liz Carpenter: A major advantage...

Liz Carpenter: A major advantage...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

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Helen Keller: We can do...

Helen Keller: We can do...

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Maya Angelou: My great hope...

Maya Angelou: My great hope...

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to...

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Susan Sontag: Left-wing movements have...

Susan Sontag: Left-wing movements have...

Left-wing movements have tended to be unisex, and asexual in their imagery. Right-wing movements, however puritanical...

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Susan Sontag: That even an...

Susan Sontag: That even an...

That even an apocalypse can be made to seem part of the ordinary horizon of expectation constitutes an unparalleled...

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Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different...

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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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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I am speaking...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I am speaking...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred -- that of keeping their own...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Take back the...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Take back the...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful,...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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P D James: God gives every...

P D James: God gives every...

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

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Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

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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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Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and...

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George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder...

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Katharine Hepburn: Only the really...

Katharine Hepburn: Only the really...

Only the really plain people know about love the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they...

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Katharine Hepburn: I don't care...

Katharine Hepburn: I don't care...

I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.

Source: In An...

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