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Dianne Feinstein: You have to...

Dianne Feinstein: You have to...

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone...

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Queen Victoria: Do not to...

Queen Victoria: Do not to...

Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others;...

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E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free...

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Margery Allingham: He did not...

Margery Allingham: He did not...

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong -- to belong to my...

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Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

It was enough just to sit there without words.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Beth Henley: I find it...

Beth Henley: I find it...

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk...

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Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in...

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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
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Audre Lorde: I train myself...

Audre Lorde: I train myself...

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

Source: The Cancer...

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Lana Turner: The truth is,...

Lana Turner: The truth is,...

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Goldie Hawn: There are only...

Goldie Hawn: There are only...

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss...

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Rosalind Russell: Flops are a...

Rosalind Russell: Flops are a...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the...

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Ma Rainey: You ll never...

Ma Rainey: You ll never...

You ll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall
Never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to...

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Beatrice Lillie: Happiness for the...

Beatrice Lillie: Happiness for the...

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances...

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Josephine Baker: . . ....

Josephine Baker: . . ....

. . . I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed...

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Madonna: I became an...

Madonna: I became an...

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Olympia Brown: He who never...

Olympia Brown: He who never...

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the...

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Dorothy Uhnak: It was all...

Dorothy Uhnak: It was all...

It was all in the orchestration, he claimed: in knowing how and where to pitch each and every particular argument; who...

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Maya Angelou: Bitterness is like...

Maya Angelou: Bitterness is like...

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all...

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