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Louise Erdrich: They were so...

Louise Erdrich: They were so...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were;...

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Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Source: The...

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Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of...

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Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Source: From Journey...

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Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Still on it creeps,
Each little moment at another's heels,
Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up
Of...

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Mari Evans: I try for...

Mari Evans: I try for...

I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go....

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Gypsy Rose Lee: Anything worth doing...

Gypsy Rose Lee: Anything worth doing...

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Source:
-- Gypsy Rose Lee,...

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Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative, especially in the theater. You have to care so much...

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Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest . . . beautiful, no. Amusing,...

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Gail Parent: She knew what...

Gail Parent: She knew what...

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

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Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything...

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Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Source: ABC, 6...

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Jean Harlow: I'm going to...

Jean Harlow: I'm going to...

I'm going to be a lady if it kills me.

Source: In Dinner at Eight, 1933.
-- Jean...

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Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable,...

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Betty Grable: It's loud, it's...

Betty Grable: It's loud, it's...

It's loud, it's cheap, it's gaudy. It's like everything I've ever done - I LOVE IT!

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Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of...

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Martha Gellhorn: Citizenship is a...

Martha Gellhorn: Citizenship is a...

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by...

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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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Pamela Hansford Johnson: I have always...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: I have always...

I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found...

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Marilyn French: Women are afraid...

Marilyn French: Women are afraid...

Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no...

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