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Agnes George DeMille: A good education...

Agnes George DeMille: A good education...

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

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Emily Dickinson: This World is...

Emily Dickinson: This World is...

This World is not Conclusion.
A Sequel stands beyond--
Invisible, as Music--
But positive, as...

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Beah Richards: Both class and...

Beah Richards: Both class and...

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to...

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Fran Lebowitz: Children are rarely...

Fran Lebowitz: Children are rarely...

Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and...

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Helen Keller: Many persons have...

Helen Keller: Many persons have...

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but...

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Dorothy Parker: I require only...

Dorothy Parker: I require only...

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

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Helen Rowland: The follies which...

Helen Rowland: The follies which...

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Good communication is...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Good communication is...

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

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Maya Angelou: The need for...

Maya Angelou: The need for...

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Source: I Know Why...

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Susan Sontag: Boredom is just...

Susan Sontag: Boredom is just...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one...

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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 Sontag: We live under...

Susan Sontag: We live under...

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and...

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George Eliot: I'm not denyin'...

George Eliot: I'm not denyin'...

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match men.

Source:...

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George Eliot: An ass may...

George Eliot: An ass may...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Source: Romola, ch....

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George Eliot: Nothing is so...

George Eliot: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Source: Silas Marner, 1861
-- George...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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George Eliot: She was no...

George Eliot: She was no...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in...

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George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and...

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George Eliot: Few women, I...

George Eliot: Few women, I...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake...

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George Eliot: This is a...

George Eliot: This is a...

This is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it.

Source: Mr. Tulliver,...

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