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Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather...

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Emily Bronte: A person who...

Emily Bronte: A person who...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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Betty Ford: I had thought...

Betty Ford: I had thought...

I had thought I would hate being First Lady. . . . I loved it.

Source: In 2,715...

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Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

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Christina of Sweden: God has neither...

Christina of Sweden: God has neither...

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is...

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Ninon de Lenclos: A man is...

Ninon de Lenclos: A man is...

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.

Source: In...

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Pearl Buck: Inside myself is...

Pearl Buck: Inside myself is...

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where you renew your springs that never dry...

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Willa Cather: I tell you...

Willa Cather: I tell you...

I tell you there is such a thing as creative hate.

Source: The Song of the Lark,...

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Angela Carter: I think the...

Angela Carter: I think the...

I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but...

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Willa Cather: There are only...

Willa Cather: There are only...

There are only two or three human stories and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

I have gone to war too . . . I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you...

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Dorothy Thompson: Only when we...

Dorothy Thompson: Only when we...

Only when we are no longer afraid do we being to live.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Phyllis George: It doesn't seem...

Phyllis George: It doesn't seem...

It doesn't seem too unusual to have a live hermit crab here in Atlantic City, but when you think I brought it all the...

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Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is...

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Miriam Beard: Certainly, travel is...

Miriam Beard: Certainly, travel is...

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of...

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Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year's end to the next is what...

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Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

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Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Psychotherapy can be one of the greatest and most rewarding adventures, it can bring with it the deepest feelings of...

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