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Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

Marie de Sevigne: . . .the...

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least,...

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Alice James: Though I have...

Alice James: Though I have...

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.

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Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Source: The Strange Necessity, pt. 1,...

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Jean Kerr: Do you know...

Jean Kerr: Do you know...

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to...

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Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and...

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Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution...

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Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.

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Belva Lockwood: I do not...

Belva Lockwood: I do not...

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade -- or that modesty and virtue are more...

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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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Jeannette Rankin: You can no...

Jeannette Rankin: You can no...

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

Source: In Jeanette...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

I like being unconventional.

Source:
-- Florence Griffith Joyner, (Dec 21...

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Peace Pilgrim: The valid research...

Peace Pilgrim: The valid research...

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

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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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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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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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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.

Source:...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and...

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Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of...

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Rebecca West: Life ought to...

Rebecca West: Life ought to...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

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Judith Martin: What you have...

Judith Martin: What you have...

What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to...

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