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I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century… — Geraldine Brooks
I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age, when our emerging… — Geraldine Brooks
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table,… — Geraldine Brooks
I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at… — Joyce Brothers
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is… — James Broughton
The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. — James Broughton
I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work… — Alton Brown
Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer,… — Alton Brown
Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured. — Alton Brown
I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue from different angles,… — Alton Brown
My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on… — Chris Brown
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view. — Dan Brown
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I… — Jerry Brown
Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in. — Louise Brown
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly… — Pam Brown
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from… — Pam Brown
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best… — Rita Mae Brown
Humor comes from self-confidence. — Rita Mae Brown
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. — Rita Mae Brown
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl… — Tom Brown, Jr.
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. — Harry Browne
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to… — Harry Browne
A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything. — Harry Browne
I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending… — Harry Browne

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