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Maya Angelou: There is no...

Maya Angelou: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.

Source: From a...

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Anna Jameson: A man may...

Anna Jameson: A man may...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

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Susan Sontag: It is the...

Susan Sontag: It is the...

It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from...

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Dorothy Day: I have long...

Dorothy Day: I have long...

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their...

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Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make...

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Sally Kempton: All children are...

Sally Kempton: All children are...

All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.

Source:...

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Jean Kerr: I think success...

Jean Kerr: I think success...

I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.

Source:...

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Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his...

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Carolyn Wells: We should live...

Carolyn Wells: We should live...

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

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Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved...

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Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's...

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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Tillie Olsen: I know that...

Tillie Olsen: I know that...

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who...

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Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the...

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Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other...

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Michelle Obama: One of the...

Michelle Obama: One of the...

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without...

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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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Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

Source: In TIme, 20 Mar...

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