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Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Money is always there, but the pockets change.

Source: The Practical Cogitator,...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

Source: Ramona...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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Rita Mae Brown: Creativity comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Creativity comes from...

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

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Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

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Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Source: From a collection...

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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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George Eliot: There is only...

George Eliot: There is only...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one...

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Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a...

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Hannah Arendt: The point, as...

Hannah Arendt: The point, as...

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

Source: Crises of the...

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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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Maya Angelou: Education helps one...

Maya Angelou: Education helps one...

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

Source: In...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: North and South...

Rebecca Harding Davis: North and South...

North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to...

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Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Source: In Webster's...

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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: . . ....

Dorothy Parker: . . ....

. . . as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will...

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Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

Source: Speech to...

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