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Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Source: Move On.
-- Linda...

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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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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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Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire,...

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Sojourner Truth: If the first...

Sojourner Truth: If the first...

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be...

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Ernestine L Rose: If you allow...

Ernestine L Rose: If you allow...

If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up,...

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Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my...

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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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Anne Frank: If I talk,...

Anne Frank: If I talk,...

If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get...

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Abigail Van Buren: While forbidden fruit...

Abigail Van Buren: While forbidden fruit...

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

Source:...

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Fran Lebowitz: Polite conversation is...

Fran Lebowitz: Polite conversation is...

Polite conversation is rarely either.

Source: Social Studies, 1977
-- Fran...

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Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.

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Jane Howard: Call it a...

Jane Howard: Call it a...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need...

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Maya Angelou: Here on the...

Maya Angelou: Here on the...

Here on the pulse of this new day,
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes,...

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Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do...

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Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of...

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Barbara Sher: The amount of...

Barbara Sher: The amount of...

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

Source:...

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Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

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Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Source:...

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Katharine Whitehorn: I wouldn't say...

Katharine Whitehorn: I wouldn't say...

I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling...

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