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Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Spoiled. That's all it's about -- can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you...

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Gloria Naylor: The last time...

Gloria Naylor: The last time...

The last time you're doing something -- knowing you're doing it for the last -- makes it even more alive than the...

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Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the...

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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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Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

Phyllis Diller: A smile is...

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Lucille Ball: The secret of...

Lucille Ball: The secret of...

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Patti Smith: As far as...

Patti Smith: As far as...

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Charlotte Bronte: A ruffled mind...

Charlotte Bronte: A ruffled mind...

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Source: The Professor, 1846.
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Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Poems come from incomplete knowledge.

Source: With Words, The Motorcycle Betrayal...

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Diane Wakoski: I write in...

Diane Wakoski: I write in...

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it...

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Adelaide A Proctor: Seated one day...

Adelaide A Proctor: Seated one day...

Seated one day at the organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy...

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Marilyn Monroe: I don't mind...

Marilyn Monroe: I don't mind...

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.

Source: The...

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Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed....

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Sophia Loren: The two big...

Sophia Loren: The two big...

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in...

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Lily Tomlin: Why is it...

Lily Tomlin: Why is it...

Why is it when we talk to God, we're said to be praying -- but when God talks to us, we're...

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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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