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Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Any authentic work of art must start as an argument between the artist and his audience.

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Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that He only gives it to us moment by moment. He...

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Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Closing these two books, a reader senses that Joan Crawford, idol of an age, would have made an exemplary prison...

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Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or...

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Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in...

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Marge Piercy: This life is...

Marge Piercy: This life is...

This life is a war we are not yet winning for our daughters' children.
Don't do your enemies' work for...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

The morals of today are the immorals of yesterday, the creeds of tomorrow.

Source:...

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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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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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Kate Millett: Many women do...

Kate Millett: Many women do...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

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Martha Carey Thomas: One thing I...

Martha Carey Thomas: One thing I...

One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning...

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Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Movies have always been a form of popular culture that altered the way women looked at the world and reflected how men...

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Fay Weldon: The desire for...

Fay Weldon: The desire for...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: The future belongs...

Eleanor Roosevelt: The future belongs...

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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