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Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a...

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Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

Mary Kay Ash: A good goal...

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise -- it makes you stretch.

Source: In Words...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Source: Human Work, 1904.
-- Charlotte...

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Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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Candice Bergen: People see you...

Candice Bergen: People see you...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have...

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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Jane Fonda: Women are not...

Jane Fonda: Women are not...

Women are not forgiven for aging. Bob Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age...

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Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out<br>Me...

Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out
Me...

I'm moving out
Me and my best friend Louise got it all figured out
She's got the car and I've got the...

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Alice Childress: I think women...

Alice Childress: I think women...

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep...

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Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own...

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit.

Source: Song title
--...

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Dinah Shore: The best money...

Dinah Shore: The best money...

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything...

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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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Jeane Kirkpatrick: Society has never...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: Society has never...

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and...

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Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about...

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Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Source: Blood, Bread and Poetry,...

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