Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.


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It was definitely a No. 1 playing a No. 4. We knew they could shoot from outside.
PENNY MOAK
Despite the poor start, we stuck together. A lot of teams would have fallen apart but we stayed with...
PENNY TAYLOR
Everybody is competing for graduate students and any way that you can facilitate making it easy for ...
PENNY WRIGHT
Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, ...
LOUISE BROWN
Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories...
LOUISE FRESCO
We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn'...
LOUISE MENSCH
The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countr...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
My business partner and make-up artist Kim Jacob and I have employed every member of staff, decided ...
LOUISE NURDING
Age is just a number, and I know so many women who look fabulous at 40, 50 and 60 so it doesn't ...
LOUISE NURDING
It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.
LOUISE MAY
To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...t...
LOUISE ERDRICH
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude w...
LOUISE ERDRICH
Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.
LOUISE GLüCK
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude...
LOUISE ERDRICH
Since a time has come, Mademoiselle, when the severe laws of men no longer prevent women from applyi...
LOUISE LABé
Golf is very much like a love affair, if you don't take it seriously, it's no fun, if you do, it bre...
LOUISE SUGGS
Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.
LOUISE DRISCOLL
But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
LOUISE BOGAN
Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot cell of their ...
LOUISE BOGAN
The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live i...
LOUISE BERNIKOW
The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert him...
LOUISE BOGAN
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
LOUISE BEAL
If you can't return a favor, pass it on.
LOUISE BROWN
Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else t...
LOUISE BOGAN
Every time I say sure when I mean no, every time I smile brightly when I'm exploding with rage, ever...
LOUISE BERNIKOW
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
LOUISE HAY
What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.
LOUISE NEVELSON
Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them th...
LOUISE TALMA
I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of wo...
LOUISE NEVELSON
Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on t...
LOUISE BROOKS
Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on t...
LOUISE BROOKS
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange bea...
LOUISE BOGAN
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly tho...
LOUISE ERDRICH
I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.
LOUISE NEVELSON
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.
LOUISE BOGAN
I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admir...
MARIE LOUISE
And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refuse...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I ca...
LOUISE MENSCH
My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there...
LOUISE ERDRICH
I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. ...
LOUISE JAMESON
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the mol...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.
LOUISE BOGAN
Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical a...
LOUISE HART
The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!
LOUISE HART
Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming i...
LOUISE FRESCO
Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing ...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
I really believe less is more. When you get older, too much makeup can be ageing, and when you'r...
LOUISE NURDING
My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In ord...
LOUISE ERDRICH
For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a b...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
Very little is needed to make a happy life, he said.
LOUISE ERDRICH
Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fea...
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and ret...
LOUISE BROWN
I'm not somebody who likes to show off my cleavage, and I don't dress up for the papers.
LOUISE NURDING
Let's clean up our environment. Let's clean up our bodies, but most importantly, let's n...
LOUISE SLAUGHTER
I actually had the pleasure of meeting David Bowie at his 50th birthday party in New York City. I ha...
LOUISE POST
When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilien...
LOUISE ERDRICH