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Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because...

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Anne Frank: One must apply...

Anne Frank: One must apply...

One must apply one's reason to everything here, learning to obey, to shut up, to help, to be good, to give in, and I...

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Doris Lessing: What's terrible is...

Doris Lessing: What's terrible is...

What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you...

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Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Dorothy Parker: Byron and Shelley...

Byron and Shelley and Keats
Were a trio of lyrical treats.


Source: A Pig's-Eye...

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Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -- you know someone's fingers have been all over...

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Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

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Toni Cade Bambara: The job of...

Toni Cade Bambara: The job of...

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

Source: In Famous Black...

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Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: It was formerly...

Mary Wortley Montagu: It was formerly...

It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Source: Quoted in: Gods, in Adam, no. 299...

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Simone Signoret: He bore no...

Simone Signoret: He bore no...

He bore no grudge against those he had wronged.

Source: On film executive Jack L....

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I don't very...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I don't very...

I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them...

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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: I am a...

Gwendolyn Brooks: I am a...

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

Source: In My Soul Looks Back,...

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Louise Brooks: Every actor has...

Louise Brooks: Every actor has...

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or...

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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

Tallulah Bankhead: I read Shakespeare...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal...

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Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in...

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Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to...

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