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Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least,...

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Julie Burchill: What Mrs. Thatcher...

Julie Burchill: What Mrs. Thatcher...

What Mrs. Thatcher did for women was to demonstrate that if a woman had enough desire she could do what she wanted, do...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to...

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Anya Seton: The soul ....

Anya Seton: The soul ....

The soul . . . may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

Source: The...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Power is the ability to get things done.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

Source:
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Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness...

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Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Source: In Daily...

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Ruth Gordon: So easy to...

Ruth Gordon: So easy to...

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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Julia Roberts: They say I...

Julia Roberts: They say I...

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just...

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Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.

Source: Daybreak, 1966.
-- Joan...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

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Alice Childress: I continue to...

Alice Childress: I continue to...

I continue to create because writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Gail Parent: Actually, I have...

Gail Parent: Actually, I have...

Actually, I have only two things to worry about now: afterlife and reincarnation.

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