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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half…
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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've…
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Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
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Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a…
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I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
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Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see…
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If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost importance; very…
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King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good…
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what…
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To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
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Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we…
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The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.
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It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good…
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation, and animation, for he does not stop at these facts, but employs them as signs.…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing. God only knows why more people don't do it…
— Wayne Gerard Trotman
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Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I…
— Jorma Kaukonen
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I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a…
— Ray Charles
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Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.
— Phil Cousineau
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Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a…
— Kate Chopin
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What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.
— Laozi
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
— Ajahn Chah
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If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it…
— Mark Forsyth
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My father once told me that a happy ending is just the place where you choose to stop telling the story. So…
— Leah Stewart
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