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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Jean Racine: A single word...

Jean Racine: A single word...

A single word often betrays a great design.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Menander: Whom the gods...

Menander: Whom the gods...

Whom the gods love dies young.

Source: 'The Double Deceiver'; also expressed by...

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Jean Racine: Day is not...

Jean Racine: Day is not...

Day is not purer than the depths of my heart. (Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon...

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August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find...

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Edward Albee: The thing that...

Edward Albee: The thing that...

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

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Edward Albee: You gotta have...

Edward Albee: You gotta have...

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

Source: Who's Afraid of...

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Moli?re: The trees that...

Moli?re: The trees that...

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Source: Attributed.
-- Alan Jay...

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Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Source: Speech, 1850 (referring to...

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Pat Nixon: I would feel...

Pat Nixon: I would feel...

I would feel sorry for her if she did.

Source: On whether she would want her...

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Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country,...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

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Martha Washington: I very linearly...

Martha Washington: I very linearly...

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...

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Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that...

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Barbara Bush: You have to...

Barbara Bush: You have to...

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.

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Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people --...

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Betty Ford: When I say...

Betty Ford: When I say...

When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a...

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Dean Rusk: Continuity does not...

Dean Rusk: Continuity does not...

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

Source: In The...

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