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Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Source: Ji`bilee,...

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Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

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Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

Madeleine L'Engle: If you're going...

If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the...

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Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I...

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Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to...

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Ella T Grasso: I keep my...

Ella T Grasso: I keep my...

I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth II: It is easy...

Elizabeth II: It is easy...

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular...

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Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

Source:...

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Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for...

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Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognising the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Paule Marshall: Once a great...

Paule Marshall: Once a great...

Once a great wrong has been done, it never dies. People speak the words of peace, but their hearts do not forgive....

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Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved...

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Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Erica Jong: Everyone has talent....

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it...

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Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.

Source: Incident at Badamaya,...

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Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
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Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

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Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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