Beautiful women, whose beauty meant more than it said. . . was their brilliancy always fed by something … - Willa Cather

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John Wooden would say never mistake activity for achievement. Sometimes we think we're really doing well on a given day. But 'What did you accomplish?' is the question that we should really be asking not 'What did we do?'

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Beautiful women, whose beauty meant more than it said. . . was their brilliancy always fed by something coarse and concealed? Was that their secret?

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