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William Morris: A man at...

William Morris: A man at...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the...

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William Morris: Wind, wind! thou...

William Morris: Wind, wind! thou...

Wind, wind! thou art sad, art thou kind?
Wind, wind, unhappy! thou art blind,
Yet still thou wanderest the...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles,...

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Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

We need cancer because, by the very fact of its insurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not...

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Gilbert Adair: In New York...

Gilbert Adair: In New York...

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been tattooed with an energy to put our own rude practitioners...

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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Corita Kent: Love the moment,...

Corita Kent: Love the moment,...

Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

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Robert Henri: Don't worry about...

Robert Henri: Don't worry about...

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show...

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Emma Lazarus: Jews are the...

Emma Lazarus: Jews are the...

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.

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Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To love one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To love one...

To love one maiden only, cleave to her,
And worship her by years of noble deeds,
Until they won...

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Oscar Wilde: The English public,...

Oscar Wilde: The English public,...

The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is...

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Oscar Wilde: A man cannot...

Oscar Wilde: A man cannot...

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Source: Lord Henry, in...

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Bertolt Brecht: The finest plans...

Bertolt Brecht: The finest plans...

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of those that should carry them out. Even emperors can't...

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Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening . . . And now along...

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Most human beings...

Most human beings...

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional...

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Dance is the...

Dance is the...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Source: Interview The New York...

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If you approach...

If you approach...

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach...

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The ultimate of...

The ultimate of...

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to...

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