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Erma Bombeck: It is not...

Erma Bombeck: It is not...

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and...

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Barbara Walters: Trust your gut....

Barbara Walters: Trust your gut....

Trust your gut.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by Power Dynamics...

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Julia Child: I think the...

Julia Child: I think the...

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. ...

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Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Art can only be truly Art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior...

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Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

The real hope of the world lies in putting as painstaking thought into the business of mating as we do into other big...

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Lucy Stone: To make the...

Lucy Stone: To make the...

To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of...

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Dora Russell: We want better...

Dora Russell: We want better...

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

I like being unconventional.

Source:
-- Florence Griffith Joyner, (Dec 21...

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Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost.

Source: In The...

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Anya Seton: There are many...

Anya Seton: There are many...

There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.

Source:...

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Dorothy Thompson: Fear grows in...

Dorothy Thompson: Fear grows in...

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

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Fanny Burney: Travelling is the...

Fanny Burney: Travelling is the...

Travelling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building here after seeing...

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Martha Gellhorn: Citizenship is a...

Martha Gellhorn: Citizenship is a...

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by...

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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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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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Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

You can keep your friends by not giving them away.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Kate Chopin: There are some...

Kate Chopin: There are some...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the...

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Kate Chopin: The bird that...

Kate Chopin: The bird that...

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong...

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Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of...

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Susan Sontag: A large part...

Susan Sontag: A large part...

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a...

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