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“The intransigence of roses is something we have had to accept and now ... I know which are docile and benevolent from those which are headstrong; those that are pliant from those which are pig-headed.”
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“... all art is one art. In the man or woman, thoroughly in love with his or her chosen art, there must be struck a sympathetic chord for the sister branches.”
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“With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one — but no one at all — can tell you what to read and when and how.”
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“There never was a hypocrite so disguised, but he had some mark or other still by which he might be known.”
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“Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.”
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“At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras, girdles, curlers and spike-heeled shoes, the bra-burning myth was launched by the media and, in spite of its inaccuracy and spiteful intent, put radical feminism on the map.”
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“... chaos is the first step in the creative process.”
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“If you want to be happy for a year, win the lottery. If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.”