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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Source: In Quotable...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them --...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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Annie Dillard: The sense impressions...

Annie Dillard: The sense impressions...

The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a...

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Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all...

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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray...

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Margaret Walker: When I was...

Margaret Walker: When I was...

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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