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Alice Koller: Long ago I...

Alice Koller: Long ago I...

Long ago I understood that it wasn't merely my being a woman that was preventing my being welcomed into the world of...

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Marjorie Holmes: Man is the...

Marjorie Holmes: Man is the...

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

Source: In...

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Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

Marjorie Holmes: The man who...

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

Source: Love and...

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Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block...

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Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring,...

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Monica Baldwin: The Sussex lanes...

Monica Baldwin: The Sussex lanes...

The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn. . . . spendthrift gold and glory of the year-end . . . earth scents...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is...

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Charlotte Bunch: America is like...

Charlotte Bunch: America is like...

America is like an unfaithful lover who promised us more than we got.

Source:...

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Linda Ellerbee: When the anchorman...

Linda Ellerbee: When the anchorman...

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

Source:...

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Irene Thomas: It should be...

Irene Thomas: It should be...

It should be a very happy marriage - they are both so much in love with him.

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Margaret Anderson: It is rarely...

Margaret Anderson: It is rarely...

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

Source: In...

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Jean Kerr: The average, healthy,...

Jean Kerr: The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain...

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Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

Abigail Van Buren: True, a little...

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an...

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Ellen Goodman: We spend January...

Ellen Goodman: We spend January...

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be...

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Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle...

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Janet Flanner: I keep going...

Janet Flanner: I keep going...

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Source: On her...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: There is so...

Adela Rogers St Johns: There is so...

There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first.

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Mary Ashton Livermore: For humanity has...

Mary Ashton Livermore: For humanity has...

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being...

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Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Every once in a while nature stops experimenting and creates a man.

Source: In...

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