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Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.

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Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to...

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Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

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Anne Bradstreet: If what I...

Anne Bradstreet: If what I...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance,
They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by...

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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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Sally Field: I was raised...

Sally Field: I was raised...

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge...

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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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Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Catherine Deneuve: Opportunities are often...

Catherine Deneuve: Opportunities are often...

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

Source:...

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Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

I stole everything that I heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Source: In...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . it's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

Source: In And...

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Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Child, when hard luck fall it just keep fallin'.

Source: Oldtimer in Wine in the...

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Helen Lawrenson: A skirt is...

Helen Lawrenson: A skirt is...

A skirt is no obstacle to extemporaneous sex, but it is physically impossible to make love to a girl while she is...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: The rule on...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The rule on...

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: The modern woman...

Adela Rogers St Johns: The modern woman...

The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the...

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Julia Ward Howe: Disarm, disarm. The...

Julia Ward Howe: Disarm, disarm. The...

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence...

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Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Now [the Cinderella Complex] tends to hit women after college . . . . When the first thrill of freedom subsides and...

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Helen Keller: One can never...

Helen Keller: One can never...

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.

Source: The...

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Dorothy Parker: Misfortune, and recited...

Dorothy Parker: Misfortune, and recited...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and...

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Dorothy Parker: He lies below,...

Dorothy Parker: He lies below,...

He lies below, correct in cypress wood,
And entertains the most exclusive worms.


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