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George Eliot: I at least...

George Eliot: I at least...

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that...

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George Eliot: No story is...

George Eliot: No story is...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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George Eliot: To act with...

George Eliot: To act with...

To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved...

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Rita Mae Brown: Creativity comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Creativity comes from...

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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Helen Keller: Literature is my...

Helen Keller: Literature is my...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious...

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Dorothy Parker: The doctors were...

Dorothy Parker: The doctors were...

The doctors were very brave about it.

Source: Said after she had been seriously...

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Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

Source: Speech to...

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Susan Sontag: Left-wing movements have...

Susan Sontag: Left-wing movements have...

Left-wing movements have tended to be unisex, and asexual in their imagery. Right-wing movements, however puritanical...

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Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness -- pushing us at intervals...

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Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights.

Source: Journal,...

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Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different...

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Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak....

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Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the...

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Emily Dickinson: I took one...

Emily Dickinson: I took one...

I took one Draught of Life --
I'll tell you what I paid --
Precisely an existence --
The market price, they...

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Betty Carter: This is our...

Betty Carter: This is our...

This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something....

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think...

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Tama Janowitz: I don't want...

Tama Janowitz: I don't want...

I don't want my novel to be like Madame Bovary, finely crafted with the life edited out of it. I want my novel to be...

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