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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

Source:...

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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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Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

It seems as if she had given these treasures and left him alone -- to use them, or lose them, apply them, or misapply...

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Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

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Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

I do not know why Diogenes * went looking for a man: nothing could happen to him worse than finding...

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Lucy Stone: I know not...

Lucy Stone: I know not...

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: To repeat what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: To repeat what...

To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.

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Kate Chopin: But the beginning...

Kate Chopin: But the beginning...

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly...

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Kate Chopin: There are some...

Kate Chopin: There are some...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the...

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Fanny Burney: But if the...

Fanny Burney: But if the...

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment. . ....

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Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so...

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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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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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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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Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

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-- Edith...

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Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.

Source:...

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