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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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Elizabeth I: I thank God...

Elizabeth I: I thank God...

I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live...

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Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Source:...

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Grace Speare: When you think...

Grace Speare: When you think...

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a picture that expresses...

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Sonia Johnson: How desperately we...

Sonia Johnson: How desperately we...

How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons to...

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Florence Nightingale: I think one's...

Florence Nightingale: I think one's...

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring...

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Amelia Earhart: The soul that...

Amelia Earhart: The soul that...

The soul that knows [courage] not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of...

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Louise Nevelson: What we call...

Louise Nevelson: What we call...

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more...

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Margot Fonteyn: Genius is another...

Margot Fonteyn: Genius is another...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

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Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Light tomorrow with...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Light tomorrow with...

Light tomorrow with today.

Source: From Kevin Harris' Quotation Collections found...

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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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Jessie Redmon Fauset: She thought then...

Jessie Redmon Fauset: She thought then...

She thought then of black people . . . . And she saw them as a people powerfully, almost overwhelmingly endowed with...

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Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with...

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Helen Hayes: Only the poet...

Helen Hayes: Only the poet...

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Source: In The...

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Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Source: In Words...

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Claudette Colbert: I bet you...

Claudette Colbert: I bet you...

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so...

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Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

The monster of advertisement. . . is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It. . . gathers in, through its...

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Francesca Annis: It's like a...

Francesca Annis: It's like a...

It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try...

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Corita Kent: There are so...

Corita Kent: There are so...

There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of...

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