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Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

[W]hen you leave school finally you will find that life is a game, sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but a game that...

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Aphra Behn: He that knew...

Aphra Behn: He that knew...

He that knew all that ever learning writ,
Knew only this -- that he knew nothing yet.


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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Barbra Streisand: What is exciting...

Barbra Streisand: What is exciting...

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other . . . but for two people to have met their match...

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Ingrid Bergman: Happiness is good...

Ingrid Bergman: Happiness is good...

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on...

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Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

[Autobiographies] are all the same -- it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say...

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Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?

Source: In Hell's...

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Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

But she knew that she had encountered one of the more devastating kinds of loneliness in existence: that of being in...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: In youth we...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: In youth we...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Source: Aphorisms, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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Marita Bonner: You can, when...

Marita Bonner: You can, when...

You can, when Time is ripe, swope to your feet -- at your full height -- at a single gesture. Ready to go where? Why ....

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Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.

Source: In...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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Mother Teresa: There should be...

Mother Teresa: There should be...

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean...

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Barbara Bush: You have to...

Barbara Bush: You have to...

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.

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Abigail Adams: Do not put...

Abigail Adams: Do not put...

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. [We...

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Abigail Adams: . . ....

Abigail Adams: . . ....

. . . a habit the pleasure of which increases with practice, but becomes more urksome with...

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Ivy Baker Priest: We women ought...

Ivy Baker Priest: We women ought...

We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money, as long as we get...

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Patricia Schroeder: You measure a...

Patricia Schroeder: You measure a...

You measure a government by how few people need help.

Source: Firing Line, PBS, 13...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

I would not want it to be though that I had lived for all these years without having anything to show for...

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