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Lana Turner: A successful man...

Lana Turner: A successful man...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a...

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Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Husbands are like...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Husbands are like...

Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.

Source: In Newsweek, 28 Mar...

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Didi Conn: It doesn't matter...

Didi Conn: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful...

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Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

[Sun-bleached bones] were most wonderful against the blue -- that blue that will always be there as it is now after...

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Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

Barbara Ward: [The Western Colonial...

[The Western Colonial system] shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems...

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Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social...

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Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Since when was genius found respectable?

Source: Aurora Leigh, bk. 6, 1857.
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Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.


Source: 1875;...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

O Hope! dazzling, radiant Hope! -- What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and...

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Sonia Johnson: I am a...

Sonia Johnson: I am a...

I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry,...

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Mary Astell: There is not...

Mary Astell: There is not...

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in...

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Helen Keller: I seldom think...

Helen Keller: I seldom think...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they've never made me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at...

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Julia Child: I was 32...

Julia Child: I was 32...

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Source: Particular...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

Sylvia Pankhurst: A wondrous city...

A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing...

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Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose?...

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Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Source: From a collection of quotations found on...

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Amelia Earhart: There are two...

Amelia Earhart: There are two...

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Source: 20...

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