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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.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
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Biography Era Giving
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
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Moderation Opinion Virtue
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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Beautiful Men Sleep
Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
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Always Expect Succeed Woman
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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Blame Country People Person Reminder Way
I work eight hours a day, but I’m not writing all that time. I’m thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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Eight Thinking Writing
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
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Needs Powerful Strong Women
Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.
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Book Bookstores Romance
Life always gets harder towards the summit – the cold increases, responsibility increases
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Cold Life Responsibility
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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Go Letting Past Perspective
Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.
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Enjoy Horse Morning
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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Clouds Envy Hate
When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
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Being Strong Trouble Women
Successful women don’t sleep until noon.
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Noon Sleep Successful
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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Cousin Love Passion
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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Anyone Ask Writer Thinking Unpopular