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Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Erica Jong: And the trouble...

Erica Jong: And the trouble...

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Source: In...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: The great God...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: The great God...

The great God endows His children variously. To some He gives intellect and they move the earth. To some He allots...

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Barbara Jordan: Do not call...

Barbara Jordan: Do not call...

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Source: Barbara...

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Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.

Source: In Webster's...

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Susan Faludi: [Feminism] asks that...

Susan Faludi: [Feminism] asks that...

[Feminism] asks that women be free to define themselves -- instead of having their identity defined for them, time and...

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Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

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Mary Pickford: I was forced...

Mary Pickford: I was forced...

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young...

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Margot Fonteyn: The one important...

Margot Fonteyn: The one important...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking...

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Nelly Sachs: Here and there...

Nelly Sachs: Here and there...

Here and there the lantern of compassion
can be shown to the fish,
where the fishhook is swallowed
or...

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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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Mary Pickford: Supposing you have...

Mary Pickford: Supposing you have...

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing...

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Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through...

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Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it's everything.

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Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

Source: In Lauren Bacall, By...

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Clara Barton: Others are writing...

Clara Barton: Others are writing...

Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always...

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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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Shirley Conran: First things first,...

Shirley Conran: First things first,...

First things first, second things never.

Source: Superwomen, How to be a Working...

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Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Busy work brings after ease;
Ease brings sport and sport brings rest;
For young and old, of all degrees,
The...

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Betty Friedan: A woman is...

Betty Friedan: A woman is...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in...

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