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Jules Renard: The reward of...

Jules Renard: The reward of...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are...

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Brendan Behan: To get enough...

Brendan Behan: To get enough...

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its...

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George Bernard Shaw: What the world...

George Bernard Shaw: What the world...

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

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Most ballet teachers...

Most ballet teachers...

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be...

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Divine fires do...

Divine fires do...

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their...

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I have learned...

I have learned...

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my...

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There is an...

There is an...

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

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Stanislaw Lec: When myth meets...

Stanislaw Lec: When myth meets...

When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Witter Bynner: The biggest problem...

Witter Bynner: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small.

Source:...

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J B Priestley: I'm in the...

J B Priestley: I'm in the...

I'm in the business of providing people with secondary satisfactions. It wouldn't have done me much good if they had...

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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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May Sarton: In a total...

May Sarton: In a total...

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Source: Mrs....

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

It was enough just to sit there without words.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's...

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Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

Source:...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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