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Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which...

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Mae West: It ain't sin...

Mae West: It ain't sin...

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

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Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Source: Comment.
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Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Source: In Oxford...

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Christina Rossetti: I might show...

Christina Rossetti: I might show...

I might show facts as plain as day:
But since your eyes are blind, you'd say,
Where? What? and turn...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it...

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Mary Antin: A long past...

Mary Antin: A long past...

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would...

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Martha Washington: I very linearly...

Martha Washington: I very linearly...

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...

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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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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: A good ad...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: A good ad...

A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Teenagers travel in...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Teenagers travel in...

Teenagers travel in droves, packs, swarms. . . .To the librarian, they're a gaggle of geese. To the cook, they're a...

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Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best -- which I believed then and believe now...

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Debbi Fields: The principle was...

Debbi Fields: The principle was...

The principle was right there - you couldn't miss it. The more you did for your customers, the more they did for...

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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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Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work . ....

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Barbara Ward: The modern world...

Barbara Ward: The modern world...

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be...

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