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Minna Thomas Antrim: The Green-Eyed Monster...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The Green-Eyed Monster...

The Green-Eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose...

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Maya Angelou: I believe that...

Maya Angelou: I believe that...

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Susan Sontag: What pornography is...

Susan Sontag: What pornography is...

What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death.

Source: The...

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Helen Keller: I thank God...

Helen Keller: I thank God...

I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

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Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Life is too short for a long story.

Source: Letter, 19 Jul 1759; in Selected...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, This is what I believe. Finished. What I believe is...

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe you...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe you...

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten...

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George Eliot: In the multitude...

George Eliot: In the multitude...

In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the...

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George Eliot: The beginning of...

George Eliot: The beginning of...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our...

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Jane Austen: The sooner every...

Jane Austen: The sooner every...

The sooner every party breaks up the better.

Source: Emma, Ch. 25
-- Jane...

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Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Source:
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Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- Nobody -- Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise...

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Susan Sontag: The whole point...

Susan Sontag: The whole point...

The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

Source: Ramona...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if...

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

Source: Starting from...

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Emily Dickinson: I like a...

Emily Dickinson: I like a...

I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true --
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe...

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Helen Keller: The hands of...

Helen Keller: The hands of...

The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so...

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