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Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

I was thirty-seven when I went to work writing the column. I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social...

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Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Twan't me, 'twas de Lord! Jes' so long as he wanted to use me, he would take keer of me, an' when he didn't want me no...

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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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Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

In fact, to this very day, common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just...

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Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger...

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Simone de Beauvoir: The fact that...

Simone de Beauvoir: The fact that...

The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human...

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Gail Sheehy: With each passage...

Gail Sheehy: With each passage...

With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure [like a hardy crustacean]. We are left exposed...

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Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

There is nothing more demoralizing than sudden, overwhelming disillusionment

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Jane Smiley: My characters never...

Jane Smiley: My characters never...

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's...

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Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Colette Dowling: Now [the Cinderella...

Now [the Cinderella Complex] tends to hit women after college . . . . When the first thrill of freedom subsides and...

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Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

Source:
-- Helen...

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Doris Lessing: Small things amuse...

Doris Lessing: Small things amuse...

Small things amuse small minds.

Source: A Woman on a Roof,' in A Man and Two...

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Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and...

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Patricia Fripp: The day that...

Patricia Fripp: The day that...

The day that you discover that you are in charge of your life is the day you turn your life...

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Marie de Sevigne: It is sometimes...

Marie de Sevigne: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.
(Il faut glisser sur les pense?s et ne...

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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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Maya Angelou: Each of us...

Maya Angelou: Each of us...

Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead and . . . if the future road looms...

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Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I am beginning...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I am beginning...

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after...

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Diane Trilling: Writers are what...

Diane Trilling: Writers are what...

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

Source: In Diana...

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