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Barbara Taylor Bradford
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 5
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We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.
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Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.
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My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.
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In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
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What is done can never be undone.
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This parting cannot be for long for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith
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I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it's none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can't wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.
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Successful women don't sleep until noon.
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A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
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Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.
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He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below
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It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.
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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
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I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
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At the age of fifty-six Eleanor Stoddard was still a beautiful woman. She owned three hotels in France and another two in England. From nothing at all, she had built an empire. Eleanor had it all. Her one weakness was the young man sleeping beside her.
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The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.
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Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
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If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.
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Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.
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