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Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't...

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Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Gilda Radner: It is so...

Gilda Radner: It is so...

It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We act to live,...

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Coco Chanel: When I can...

Coco Chanel: When I can...

When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: One can not...

Georgia O'Keeffe: One can not...

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like...

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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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Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: When you were...

When you were quite a little boy somebody ought to have said 'hush' just once.

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Joan Collins: The easiest way...

Joan Collins: The easiest way...

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Lucille Clifton: . . ....

Lucille Clifton: . . ....

. . . even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties, in my definitions, I did...

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Rita Dove: What's invisible<br>sings, and...

Rita Dove: What's invisible
sings, and...

What's invisible
sings, and we bear witness.


Source: The Hill Has Something to...

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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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Mari Evans: I am a...

Mari Evans: I am a...

I am a black woman
the music of my song
some sweet arpeggio of tears
is written in a minor key
and...

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Ntozake Shange: When words &...

Ntozake Shange: When words &...

When words & manners leave you no space for yourself
make
very personal
very clear
& your obstructions...

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Vera Brittain: For the courage...

Vera Brittain: For the courage...

For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing,
But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute...

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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds,...

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Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

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