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Diane Arbus: You see someone...

Diane Arbus: You see someone...

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

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Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give...

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Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Source: In...

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Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we...

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Barbra Streisand: I was a...

Barbra Streisand: I was a...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy...

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Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

Source: The Varied...

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Lucille Ball: The secret of...

Lucille Ball: The secret of...

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

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Lucille Ball: I regret the...

Lucille Ball: I regret the...

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no...

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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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Alberta Hunter: Blues means what...

Alberta Hunter: Blues means what...

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our...

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Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask...

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Rita Dove: Sometimes<br>a word is...

Rita Dove: Sometimes
a word is...

Sometimes
a word is found so right it trembles
at the slightest explanation.


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Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Our society allows people to be absolutely neurotic and totally out of touch with their feelings and everyone else's...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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Susan Griffin: A story is...

Susan Griffin: A story is...

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the...

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Marian Anderson: There are many...

Marian Anderson: There are many...

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,...

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Cher: The trouble with...

Cher: The trouble with...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry...

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Marsha Norman: We are not...

Marsha Norman: We are not...

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has...

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