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Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I...

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Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Words really flattering...

Ninon de Lenclos: Words really flattering...

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Ethel Merman: I can hold...

Ethel Merman: I can hold...

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

Source: In Webster's...

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Nancy Reagan: I must say...

Nancy Reagan: I must say...

I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.

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Marilyn Monroe: I don't want...

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want...

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

Source: The First Ms....

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Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of...

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Kim Cattrall: I think the...

Kim Cattrall: I think the...

I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a...

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Liza Minnelli: It was no...

Liza Minnelli: It was no...

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years -- except they...

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Joan Baez: The only thing...

Joan Baez: The only thing...

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of...

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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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Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Writers are encouraged to keep 'em laughing and complain with good humor in order to win allies. The joke is always on...

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Berenice Abbott: I took to...

Berenice Abbott: I took to...

I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the...

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Amy Lowell: A man must...

Amy Lowell: A man must...

A man must be sacrificed now and again
To provide for the next generation of men.


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Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Joanna Baillie: Busy work brings...

Busy work brings after ease;
Ease brings sport and sport brings rest;
For young and old, of all degrees,
The...

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Audre Lorde: If I waited...

Audre Lorde: If I waited...

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from...

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Muriel Rukeyser: Our poems will...

Muriel Rukeyser: Our poems will...

Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems.

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Vera Brittain: I thought that...

Vera Brittain: I thought that...

I thought that spring must last forevermore
For I was young and loved, and it was May.


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