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Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

I can't see how any woman can find time to do to herself all the things that must apparently be done to make herself...

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Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Source: In...

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Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to...

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Josephine Baker: I believe in...

Josephine Baker: I believe in...

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

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Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Source: Slouching Towards Bethlehem,...

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Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are...

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Belva Lockwood: I know we...

Belva Lockwood: I know we...

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. If women...

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Ellen Key: Corporal punishment is...

Ellen Key: Corporal punishment is...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides....

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Susan Faludi: The feminine woman...

Susan Faludi: The feminine woman...

The feminine woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her...

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Liz Smith: Begin somewhere; you...

Liz Smith: Begin somewhere; you...

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Source: In...

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Jean Kerr: I'm tired of...

Jean Kerr: I'm tired of...

I'm tired of all this business about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want - an adorable...

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Jean Kerr: Do you know...

Jean Kerr: Do you know...

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to...

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Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

The 3 questions of greatest concern are:, 1) Is it attractive?, 2) Is it amusing?, 3) Does it know its...

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Dorothy Dix: Women have changed...

Dorothy Dix: Women have changed...

Women have changed in their relationship to men, but men stand pat just where Adam did when it comes to dealing with...

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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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Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is like...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is like...

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try...

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Eda LeShan: . ....

Eda LeShan: . ....

. . . in all our efforts to provide advantages we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly...

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