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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Alice James: I make it...

Alice James: I make it...

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty...

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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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Simone de Beauvoir: It's frightening to...

Simone de Beauvoir: It's frightening to...

It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the...

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Gail Sheehy: Changes are not...

Gail Sheehy: Changes are not...

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary...

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Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.

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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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Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Life loves the liver of it.

Source: The Black Scholar Interviews Maya Angelou, Jan...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.

Source: A...

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Anita Brookner: A man of...

Anita Brookner: A man of...

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Source: Rachel, referring...

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Kate Chopin: To be an...

Kate Chopin: To be an...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts -- absolute gifts -- which have been acquired by one's own...

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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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Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

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Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the...

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Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything...

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Shana Alexander: Until quite recently...

Shana Alexander: Until quite recently...

Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts . . .

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Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong,
The women have leaped from their spheres,
And, instead of...

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Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

She had her reward! -- that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious --...

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Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

Margaret Sanger: The real hope...

The real hope of the world lies in putting as painstaking thought into the business of mating as we do into other big...

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