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Stark, John
1728–1822
1728–1822
1
We beat them to-day or Molly Stark's a widow.
We beat them to-day or Molly Stark's a widow.
before the Battle of Bennington, 16 August 1777
Stead, Christina
1902–83
1902–83
1
A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
House of All Nations
(1938) "Credo"
Steel, David
1938–
1938–
1
I have the good fortune to be the first Liberal leader for over half a century who is able to say to you at the end of our annual assembly: go back to your constituencies and prepare for government.
I have the good fortune to be the first Liberal leader for over half a century who is able to say to you at the end of our annual assembly: go back to your constituencies and prepare for government.
speech to the Liberal Party Assembly, 18 September 1981
Steele, Richard
1672–1729
1672–1729
1
A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.
To love her is a liberal education.
of Lady Elizabeth Hastings
It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.
A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.
in
The Spectator
no. 79 (31 May 1711).
To love her is a liberal education.
of Lady Elizabeth Hastings
in
The Tatler
no. 49 (2 August 1709)
It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.
in
The Tatler
no. 203 (27 July 1710)
Steffens, Lincoln
1866–1936
1866–1936
1
I have seen the future; and it works.
following a visit to the Soviet Union in 1919
I have seen the future; and it works.
following a visit to the Soviet Union in 1919
letter to Marie Howe, 3 April 1919
Steichen, Edward
1879–1973
1879–1973
1
The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
Cornell Capa (ed.)
The Concerned Photographer
(1972)
Stein, Gertrude
1874–1946
1874–1946
1
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose.
You are all a lost generation.
of the young who served in the First World War
"What
is
the answer?" No answer came. She laughed and said, "In that case what is the question?"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose.
Sacred Emily
(1913)
You are all a lost generation.
of the young who served in the First World War
subsequently taken by Ernest Hemingway as his epigraph to
The Sun Also Rises
(1926)
"What
is
the answer?" No answer came. She laughed and said, "In that case what is the question?"
last words; Donald Sutherland
Gertrude Stein, A Biography of her Work
(1951)
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