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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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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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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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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent,...

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Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Julia Roberts: I wouldn't do...

Julia Roberts: I wouldn't do...

I wouldn't do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance. To act with my clothes off is a...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . that is the best -- to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are...

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Corita Kent: Women's liberation is...

Corita Kent: Women's liberation is...

Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the...

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Louise Nevelson: The freer that...

Louise Nevelson: The freer that...

The freer that women become, the freer will men be. Because when you enslave someone, you are...

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Louise Nevelson: I see no...

Louise Nevelson: I see no...

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

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Louise Nevelson: When you are...

Louise Nevelson: When you are...

When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

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Debbi Fields: Good enough never...

Debbi Fields: Good enough never...

Good enough never is has become the motto of this company.

Source: In Words of...

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Elizabeth Arden: I'm not interested...

Elizabeth Arden: I'm not interested...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you...

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Anna Pavlova: No one can...

Anna Pavlova: No one can...

No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into...

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Joanne Woodward: There can be...

Joanne Woodward: There can be...

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was...

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Carol Burnett: I liked myself...

Carol Burnett: I liked myself...

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

Source: On her high-school drama classes,...

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