No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part... view

By: Nadia Boulanger

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils... view

By: Hector Berlioz

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Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time... view

By: Dennis Miller

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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly... view

By: Jean Baudrillard

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I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm... view

By: Emeril Lagasse

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A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it... view

By: Dusty Springfield

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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it... view

By: Yukio Mishima

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The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art... view

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed... view

By: Gavrilo Princip

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I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise... view

By: Mickey Rourke

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I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing... view

By: Marguerite Young

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The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality... view

By: John Barton

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