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Angela Carter: There are lots...

Angela Carter: There are lots...

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose...

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Gayl Jones: I believe that...

Gayl Jones: I believe that...

I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Source: In...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: In this world...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: In this world...

In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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Barbara Smith: This invisibility [of...

Barbara Smith: This invisibility [of...

This invisibility [of Black women], however, means that the opportunities for creative research are...

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Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive...

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Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to...

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Marge Piercy: The will to...

Marge Piercy: The will to...

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take...

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Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both...

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Helen Keller: I am only...

Helen Keller: I am only...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do...

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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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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already...

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Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue...

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Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least,...

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Doris Lilly: The women [who...

Doris Lilly: The women [who...

The women [who marry millionaires] usually do everything for their men. They pack for them, make their phone calls and...

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