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Ayn Rand: He liked to...

Ayn Rand: He liked to...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality,...

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Pearl Buck: Ah well, perhaps...

Pearl Buck: Ah well, perhaps...

Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than...

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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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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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Emily Bronte: If I could...

Emily Bronte: If I could...

If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their...

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Betty Ford: . . ....

Betty Ford: . . ....

. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You...

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Barbara Mikulski: As we move...

Barbara Mikulski: As we move...

As we move from an economy of affluence to an economy of scarcity, we must be careful that the people who make $5,000...

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Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Vice president -- it has such a nice ring to it!

Source: Accepting Walter F...

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Elizabeth II: We lost the...

Elizabeth II: We lost the...

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding...

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Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Source: Emma,...

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Alice James: Truly nothing is...

Alice James: Truly nothing is...

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Erma Bombeck: Anybody who watches...

Erma Bombeck: Anybody who watches...

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

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Shirley Conran: You're never too...

Shirley Conran: You're never too...

You're never too old to grow up.

Source: Savages.
-- Shirley Conran, (Sep 21...

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Shirley Conran: First things first,...

Shirley Conran: First things first,...

First things first, second things never.

Source: Superwomen, How to be a Working...

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Dorothy Dix: I have learned...

Dorothy Dix: I have learned...

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of...

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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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Helen Keller: College isn't the...

Helen Keller: College isn't the...

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Source:
-- Helen Keller, (Jun 27...

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Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Helen Keller: Fact and fancy...

Fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.

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Dorothy Parker: This is not...

Dorothy Parker: This is not...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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