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Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

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A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.

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In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

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Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

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Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 21st, 1905

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