A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment, faultfinding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice -- they all make fine fuel.Edna Ferber
Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.
Edna Ferber
To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge - this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
Edna Ferber
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
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