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Edna Ferber quotes: Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling. Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling.
Edna Ferber quotes: A closed mind is a dying mind. A closed mind is a dying mind.
Edna Ferber quotes: I like any place that isn't here. I like any place that isn't here.
Edna Ferber quotes: One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic. One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.
Edna Ferber quotes: A closed country is a dying country... A closed mind is a dying mind.' from a radio broadcast in 1947 A closed country is a dying country... A closed mind is a dying mind.' from a radio broadcast in 1947
Edna Ferber quotes: A placated bully is a hand-fed bully. A placated bully is a hand-fed bully.
Edna Ferber quotes: The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy. The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy.
Edna Ferber quotes: Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little. Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
Edna Ferber quotes: If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
Edna Ferber quotes: The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion. The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.
Edna Ferber quotes: I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours. I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.
Edna Ferber quotes: Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
Edna Ferber quotes: Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has. Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.
Edna Ferber quotes: You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself. You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself.
Edna Ferber quotes: You can run, but what are you running from? Your life? You can't run away from your life. You can run, but what are you running from? Your life? You can't run away from your life.
Edna Ferber quotes: Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
Edna Ferber quotes: Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history. Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.
Edna Ferber quotes: People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus. People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus.
Edna Ferber quotes: Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death. Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.
Edna Ferber quotes: Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier. Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.
Edna Ferber quotes: But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged. But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.
Edna Ferber quotes: That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit. That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.
Edna Ferber quotes: The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons. The astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons.
Edna Ferber quotes: Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
Edna Ferber quotes: Science had married the wilderness and was taming the savage shrew. Science had married the wilderness and was taming the savage shrew.
Edna Ferber quotes: Don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain? Don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?
Edna Ferber quotes: A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit. A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.
Edna Ferber quotes: Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world. Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world.
Edna Ferber quotes: Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep. Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep.
Edna Ferber quotes: Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity. Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.
Edna Ferber quotes: It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy. It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.
Edna Ferber quotes: Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike. Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.
Edna Ferber quotes: Celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em. Celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.
Edna Ferber quotes: But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that. But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.
Edna Ferber quotes: Death-bed promises should be broken as lightly as they are seriously made.-The Gay Old Dog Death-bed promises should be broken as lightly as they are seriously made.
-The Gay Old Dog
Edna Ferber quotes: There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak. There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.
Edna Ferber quotes: A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't. A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.
Edna Ferber quotes: A woman can look both moral and exciting ... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle. A woman can look both moral and exciting ... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
Edna Ferber quotes: Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it? Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?
Edna Ferber quotes: Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to. Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.
Edna Ferber quotes: The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness. The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.
Edna Ferber quotes: It's fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look like a little girl who's hearing Cinderella for the first time. It's fun telling you tall Texas tales. You always look like a little girl who's hearing Cinderella for the first time.
Edna Ferber quotes: People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand. People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.
Edna Ferber quotes: There are ... just two kinds of girls. Those who go down town Saturday nights, and those who don't. There are ... just two kinds of girls. Those who go down town Saturday nights, and those who don't.
Edna Ferber quotes: There's no sauce for play like work. There's no sauce for play like work.
Edna Ferber quotes: Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
Edna Ferber quotes: We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth-we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by. We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth-we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.
Edna Ferber quotes: Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
Edna Ferber quotes: The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern. The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.
Edna Ferber quotes: I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way. I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way.
Edna Ferber quotes: Sweat and blood and health and youth go into every cabbage. Did you know that, Julie? One doesn't despise them as food, knowing that. Sweat and blood and health and youth go into every cabbage. Did you know that, Julie? One doesn't despise them as food, knowing that.
Edna Ferber quotes: It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late. It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
Edna Ferber quotes: Does one eat peanuts at a ball game?' 'It ain't hardly legal if you don't. Does one eat peanuts at a ball game?' 'It ain't hardly legal if you don't.
Edna Ferber quotes: But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it. But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.
Edna Ferber quotes: If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death. If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.
Edna Ferber quotes: I'm not much to look at", replied Elizabeth, "but I'm beautiful inside. I'm not much to look at", replied Elizabeth, "but I'm beautiful inside.
Edna Ferber quotes: I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a woman can do well. I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a woman can do well.
Edna Ferber quotes: About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad. About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad.
Edna Ferber quotes: Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.
Edna Ferber quotes: Men often marry their mothers. Men often marry their mothers.
Edna Ferber quotes: Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.
Edna Ferber quotes: It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here. It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.
Edna Ferber quotes: I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life. I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.
Edna Ferber quotes: Jane Austen. Anyway, I'm not Jane Austen. Anyway, I'm not
Edna Ferber quotes: Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it. Housework's the hardest work in the world. That's why men won't do it.
Edna Ferber quotes: A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve. A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve.
Edna Ferber quotes: Here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness. Here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness.
Edna Ferber quotes: [Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up. [Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up.
Edna Ferber quotes: Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul. Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.
Edna Ferber quotes: If it's freedom you want, come to Texas. No one there tells you what to do and how you have to do it. If it's freedom you want, come to Texas. No one there tells you what to do and how you have to do it.
Edna Ferber quotes: No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it. No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it.
Edna Ferber quotes: No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't. No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.
Edna Ferber quotes: Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
Edna Ferber quotes: A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can't play tragedy while you're living it. A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can't play tragedy while you're living it.
Edna Ferber quotes: I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion.

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