"But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import."
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"I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.“
-Harriet Ann Jacobs
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"What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy."
-Pete Fountain
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"I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did."
-Nas
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"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."
-J. M. Barrie
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"On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account."
-Henry Lawson
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"Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't."
-Jonathan Raban
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"When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact."
-Jeff Ross
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