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Charlotte Bunch: Feminism is an...

Charlotte Bunch: Feminism is an...

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.

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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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Kate Millett: Because of our...

Kate Millett: Because of our...

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly...

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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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Dorothy Uhnak: It was all...

Dorothy Uhnak: It was all...

It was all in the orchestration, he claimed: in knowing how and where to pitch each and every particular argument; who...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

The most subtle flattery a woman can receive is that conveyed by actions, not by words.

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Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: A human being...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: A human being...

A human being isn't an orchid, he must draw something from the soil he grows in.

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Marie de Sevigne: The desire to...

Marie de Sevigne: The desire to...

The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together.

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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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Phyllis Battelle: If you haven't...

Phyllis Battelle: If you haven't...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by...

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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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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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Marion Woodman: The body is...

Marion Woodman: The body is...

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: The next best...

Mary Pettibone Poole: The next best...

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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Anna Jameson: What we truly...

Anna Jameson: What we truly...

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the...

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Susan Sontag: The best emotions...

Susan Sontag: The best emotions...

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Like other potentates...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Like other potentates...

Like other potentates with a long habit of arbitrary authority, she covered her perplexity with a smart show of...

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