Quote by Jessamyn West
In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one st

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? – Jessamyn West

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It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. – Jessamyn West

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Forgiveness
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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. – Jessamyn West

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alone
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. – H. G. Wells

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Success

Look, if you ask a child, Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath, theyll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think its really important that children dont feel their parents emotional lives depend on their success. – Ayelet Waldman

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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit. – Rand Paul

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Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility. – Pablo Picasso

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Success

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Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, youre gonna need it. – Jerry Reed

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Faith

The Net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it. – John Gilmore, 1993

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Internet

The sun works in my veins like wine, like wine! – Amy Levy, “A Minor Poet,” c.1884

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Light

I still have a lot to learn – about the business, about music, and about myself. Its exciting. – Britney Spears

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Business