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Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire,...

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Mary Wilson Little: In some parts...

Mary Wilson Little: In some parts...

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no...

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Elizabeth Janeway: If one is...

Elizabeth Janeway: If one is...

If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.

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Freda Adler: The passionate controversies...

Freda Adler: The passionate controversies...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Freda Adler: That man is...

Freda Adler: That man is...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws...

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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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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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Nancy Astor: It isn't the...

Nancy Astor: It isn't the...

It isn't the common man at all who is important; it's the uncommon man.

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Beatrix Potter: Don't go into...

Beatrix Potter: Don't go into...

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs....

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all...

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Harper Lee: I do much...

Harper Lee: I do much...

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually...

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Anne Tyler: It seems to...

Anne Tyler: It seems to...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a...

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Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

My great-grandmama told my grandmama . . . and my grandmama told my mama what they both lived through and my mama told...

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