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Sharon Stone: Real happiness comes...

Sharon Stone: Real happiness comes...

Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you.

Source: Parade,...

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Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of...

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Lauren Bacall: You know you...

Lauren Bacall: You know you...

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not...

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Lily Tomlin: If you read...

Lily Tomlin: If you read...

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered...

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Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Shirley MacLaine: Someday perhaps change...

Shirley MacLaine: Someday perhaps change...

Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change...

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Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing...

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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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Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

. . . the reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn...

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Maggie Kuhn: Old age is...

Maggie Kuhn: Old age is...

Old age is not a disease -- it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and...

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Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

We must stand together; if we don't, there will be no victory for any one of us.

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Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Source: The Strange Necessity, pt. 1,...

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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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Fran Lebowitz: Do not, on...

Fran Lebowitz: Do not, on...

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing,...

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Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: To throw obstacles...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: To throw obstacles...

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.

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Lucy Stone: Because I know...

Lucy Stone: Because I know...

Because I know that I shall suffer, shall I, for this, like Lot's wife, turn back? No, mother, if in this hour of the...

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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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