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Jane Austen: One has not...

Jane Austen: One has not...

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the...

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Dorothy Parker: Four things I...

Dorothy Parker: Four things I...

Four things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.


Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Where's the man could ease a heart,
Like a satin gown?


Source: The Satin Dress,...

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Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Susan Sontag: Guns have metamorphosed...

Susan Sontag: Guns have metamorphosed...

Guns have metamorphosed into cameras in this earnest comedy, the ecology safari, because nature has ceased to be what...

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Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating...

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Susan Sontag: Life is a...

Susan Sontag: Life is a...

Life is a movie. Death is a photograph.

Source:
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: One sees that...

Rebecca Harding Davis: One sees that...

One sees that dead, vacant look steal over the rarest, finest of women's faces . . . in the very midst, it may be, of...

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Helen Rowland: Never trust a...

Helen Rowland: Never trust a...

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Source: The Rubaiyat of a...

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Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her --when, nine times out of...

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Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb...

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Helen Keller: To keep our...

Helen Keller: To keep our...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength...

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Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-heard whose identity is lost in the...

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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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Emily Dickinson: We must be...

Emily Dickinson: We must be...

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

Source: Letter, 1874; in...

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Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second-rate.

Source:...

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Agnes George DeMille: The universe lies...

Agnes George DeMille: The universe lies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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