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Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

Jean Kerr: A lawyer is...

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job...

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Dorothy Parker: If, with the...

Dorothy Parker: If, with the...

If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that...

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Sheilah Graham: No one has...

Sheilah Graham: No one has...

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood.

Source: The Rest of the Story,...

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Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles.

Source: In NY Post, 18 Dec 1967.
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Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

Dorothy Thompson: There is nothing...

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the...

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Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything...

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Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year's end to the next is what...

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Marjorie Holmes: What feeling is...

Marjorie Holmes: What feeling is...

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter...

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Grace Paley: I often see...

Grace Paley: I often see...

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

Source: Enormous Changes...

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Alice Koller: Being solitary is...

Alice Koller: Being solitary is...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the...

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Hortense Calisher: A happy childhood...

Hortense Calisher: A happy childhood...

A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a...

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Harriet Tubman: We saw the...

Harriet Tubman: We saw the...

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you...

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Belva Lockwood: I know we...

Belva Lockwood: I know we...

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. If women...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.

Source:...

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Dora Russell: We do not...

Dora Russell: We do not...

We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust...

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Maya Angelou: The quality of...

Maya Angelou: The quality of...

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when...

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Anita Brookner: There are moments...

Anita Brookner: There are moments...

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on...

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Barbara Sher: And our dreams...

Barbara Sher: And our dreams...

And our dreams are who we are.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Kate Chopin: To be an...

Kate Chopin: To be an...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts -- absolute gifts -- which have been acquired by one's own...

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