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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Keep what is worth keeping --
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.


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Joan L Curcio: We teach what...

Joan L Curcio: We teach what...

We teach what we learn, and the cycle goes on.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance<br>Attaineth to...

St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance
Attaineth to...

Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: It's always the...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: It's always the...

It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits . . . of the majority are...

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Bella Abzug: The test for...

Bella Abzug: The test for...

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your...

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Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

Source: The Great Age of Greek...

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Paule Marshall: A person can...

Paule Marshall: A person can...

A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Mae West: I believe in...

Mae West: I believe in...

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must make...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must make...

You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of...

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Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

He [Mr. Wrong] still shows up in my dreams, and I still don't know what to do with him. I was quite enamored with him...

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Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too...

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Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.

Source: In Ladies Home...

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Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Children reinvent your world for you.

Source:
-- Susan Sarandon, (Oct 4...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: Everybody is sitting...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: Everybody is sitting...

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is...

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country,...

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Ilka Chase: When he said...

Ilka Chase: When he said...

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to...

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Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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