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The beauty myth...

The beauty myth...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the...

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I looked always...

I looked always...

I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see...

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Civilisation --a heap...

Civilisation --a heap...

Civilisation --a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.

Source:...

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Doctors don't know...

Doctors don't know...

Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in...

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He neither walks...

He neither walks...

He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never...

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Life is what...

Life is what...

Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.

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Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

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Patience is one...

Patience is one...

Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after...

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It is one...

It is one...

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at...

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Aphorisms are bad...

Aphorisms are bad...

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Source: On Barbara...

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What you can't...

What you can't...

What you can't communicate runs your life.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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The smartest people...

The smartest people...

The smartest people in the world are not in charge, they work for the action takers.

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Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh., That's acting for you or maybe...

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Aristotle: Man, when perfected,...

Aristotle: Man, when perfected,...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of...

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Margaret Fuller: The especial genius...

Margaret Fuller: The especial genius...

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, and spiritual in...

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In social institutions,...

In social institutions,...

In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as...

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Being an anchor...

Being an anchor...

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

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There is first...

There is first...

There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to...

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They have been...

They have been...

They have been painting the barn red and white . . . . chasing skunks from the stage, clearing bird nests from the...

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The older women...

The older women...

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were...

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