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Mary Robinson: I was elected...

Mary Robinson: I was elected...

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the...

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Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.

Source:...

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Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

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Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty per cent of...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: There is no...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: There is no...

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by...

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Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Source: On life with her mother Judy...

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Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

Agnes George DeMille: It takes great...

It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative, especially in the theater. You have to care so much...

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Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at forty-five. Do you get the feeling God is playing a...

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Gail Parent: She knew what...

Gail Parent: She knew what...

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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Harriet Monroe: . . ....

Harriet Monroe: . . ....

. . . poetry, 'The Cinderella of the Arts.'

Source: In Harriet Monroe, Famous...

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Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit...

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Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now...

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Lana Turner: A gentleman is...

Lana Turner: A gentleman is...

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

Source: In 2,715 One-Line Quotations for...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

I am as pure as the driven slush.

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-- Tallulah Bankhead, (Jan 31...

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Sophia Loren: When you are...

Sophia Loren: When you are...

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for...

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