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Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and...

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Barbara Mikulski: I truly believe...

Barbara Mikulski: I truly believe...

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for...

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Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to...

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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Feminine virtue is...

Ninon de Lenclos: Feminine virtue is...

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

Source: c. 1660,...

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Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Movies have always been a form of popular culture that altered the way women looked at the world and reflected how men...

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Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

To children childhood holds no particular advantage.

Source: Hands Full of Loving,...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Come to...

Barbara Kingsolver: Come to...

Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a...

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Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Defending the truth...

Simone de Beauvoir: Defending the truth...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: That's the point...

Carolyn Heilbrun: That's the point...

That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting.

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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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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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Rose Kennedy: I tell myself...

Rose Kennedy: I tell myself...

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts -- spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and...

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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Carry Nation: Oh, I tell...

Carry Nation: Oh, I tell...

Oh, I tell you, ladies, you never know what joy it gives you to start out to smash a...

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