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To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.


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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