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Jessamyn West: To meet at...

Jessamyn West: To meet at...

To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are...

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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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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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Eva Peron: Our President has...

Eva Peron: Our President has...

Our President has declared that the only privileged person in our country are the...

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Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

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Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality...

Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality...

My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

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Marita Bonner: What's the need...

Marita Bonner: What's the need...

What's the need of working if it doesn't get you anywhere? What's the use of boring around in the same hole like a...

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Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it.

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Alice Walker: People tend to...

Alice Walker: People tend to...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only...

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Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

What its children become, that will the community become.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Eda LeShan: [O]ne can develop...

Eda LeShan: [O]ne can develop...

[O]ne can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may...

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Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and...

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Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are wrongs...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are wrongs...

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

Source: Incidents in the Life...

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Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead...

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Judith Crist: More bomb than...

Judith Crist: More bomb than...

More bomb than bombshell.

Source: On Carroll Baker performance in Baby Doll; in If...

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Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical...

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Maya Angelou: I made the...

Maya Angelou: I made the...

I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over...

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