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Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

It was enough just to sit there without words.

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Dodie Smith: For though he...

Dodie Smith: For though he...

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty...

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Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . ....

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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

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Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets...

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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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Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

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Lynda Barry: If it is...

Lynda Barry: If it is...

If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say No! I don't want it right now, that's...

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Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that...

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Berenice Abbott: I am so...

Berenice Abbott: I am so...

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute,...

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Louise Nevelson: Life isn't one...

Louise Nevelson: Life isn't one...

Life isn't one straight line. Most of us have to be transplanted, like a tree, before we...

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Paula Nelson: The best business...

Paula Nelson: The best business...

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

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Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

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Barbara Stanwyck: There is a...

Barbara Stanwyck: There is a...

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

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Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Maggie Smith: Little girls, I...

Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the cr?me de la...

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