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Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as short as it is...

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Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Women never have young minds. They were born three thousand years old.

Source: A...

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Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads.
The wind is passing...

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Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Whom do we dub as Gentleman?
The Knave, the fool, the brute --
If they but own full tithe of gold,
and Wear a...

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Ingrid Bergman: Old age is...

Ingrid Bergman: Old age is...

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless...

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Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Life's an open book and an education helps you write success stories.

Source: In...

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Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Source: In The...

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Sylvia Porter: The average family...

Sylvia Porter: The average family...

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the...

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Isadora Duncan: The first essential...

Isadora Duncan: The first essential...

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the...

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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Marilyn Horne: Ninety percent of...

Marilyn Horne: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

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Gwendolyn Brooks: Truth-tellers are not...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Truth-tellers are not...

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

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Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

No star is ever lost we once have seen,
We always may be what we might have been.


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Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Silence is a sounding thing
To one who listens hungrily.


Source: Your...

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Nelly Sachs: You, the inexperienced,...

Nelly Sachs: You, the inexperienced,...

You, the inexperienced, who learn nothing in the nights.
Many angels are given you
But you do not see...

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Adrienne Rich: There is the...

Adrienne Rich: There is the...

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Acting is a...

Tallulah Bankhead: Acting is a...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Source: Tallulah. 1952.
-- Tallulah Bankhead,...

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Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.

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Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Life's never quite interesting enough, somehow. You people who come to the movies know that. [in The...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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