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Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of...

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Marianne Moore: Impatience is the...

Marianne Moore: Impatience is the...

Impatience is the mark of independence,
not of bondage.


Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Here's a riddle for Our Age: when the sky's the limit, how can you tell you've gone too...

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Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

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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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Glenda Jackson: Acting is not...

Glenda Jackson: Acting is not...

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget...

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Debra Winger: I make decisions...

Debra Winger: I make decisions...

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything...

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Maria Schell: If there were...

Maria Schell: If there were...

If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and...

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Kirstie Alley: I was a...

Kirstie Alley: I was a...

I was a Scientologist before I was an actress, and I've always felt people are not only content with whatever religion...

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Joan Collins: The secret of...

Joan Collins: The secret of...

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

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Margaret Chase Smith: My basic rule...

Margaret Chase Smith: My basic rule...

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am...

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Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

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Nancy Astor: A fool without...

Nancy Astor: A fool without...

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

Source: My Two...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.

Source:...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically...

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Ann Plato: Oh! may each...

Ann Plato: Oh! may each...

Oh! may each youthful bosom, catch the sacred fire . . .

Source: Lines.
-- Ann...

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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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Toni Morrison: As you enter...

Toni Morrison: As you enter...

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

Source:...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Cease to be...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Cease to be...

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed....

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Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it...

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