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Katharine Hepburn: Acting is the...

Katharine Hepburn: Acting is the...

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Raquel Welch: We all have...

Raquel Welch: We all have...

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage...

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Coco Chanel: Nature gives you...

Coco Chanel: Nature gives you...

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I get out...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I get out...

I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it -- how good or...

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Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Sometimes you've got to let everything go -- purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is...

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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Betty Hutton: Then the ceiling...

Betty Hutton: Then the ceiling...

Then the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out
I went into a spin and I started to shout
I've been hit. This...

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Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I...

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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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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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Kate Millett: The image of...

Kate Millett: The image of...

The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their...

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Jean Kerr: Life with Mary...

Jean Kerr: Life with Mary...

Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in...

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Susan L Taylor: Use missteps as...

Susan L Taylor: Use missteps as...

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

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Jane Addams: Unless our conception...

Jane Addams: Unless our conception...

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest...

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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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Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a...

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