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Irene Thomas: The cello is...

Irene Thomas: The cello is...

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a...

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Patricia Fripp: You are no...

Patricia Fripp: You are no...

You are no more exempt from time's inexorable passing than Macbeth. Whether time is your friend or foe depends on how...

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Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue...

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Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

Source:...

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Marie de Sevigne: We like so...

Marie de Sevigne: We like so...

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: In economics, we...

Barbara Ehrenreich: In economics, we...

In economics, we borrowed from the Bourbons; in foreign policy, we drew on themes fashioned by the nomad warriors of...

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Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Read good, big important things.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Source: In Artists in...

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Gail Sheehy: All changes, even...

Gail Sheehy: All changes, even...

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must...

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Marie de Sevigne: True friendship is...

Marie de Sevigne: True friendship is...

True friendship is never serene.

Source: 10 Sep 1671, Letters of Madame de Sevigne...

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Alice James: Truly nothing is...

Alice James: Truly nothing is...

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Barbara Smith: One of the...

Barbara Smith: One of the...

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and...

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Agnes Repplier: Like simplicity and...

Agnes Repplier: Like simplicity and...

Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face,...

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Shirley Conran: You're never too...

Shirley Conran: You're never too...

You're never too old to grow up.

Source: Savages.
-- Shirley Conran, (Sep 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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Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing...

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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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Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

. . . the reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn...

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Kate Millett: Because of our...

Kate Millett: Because of our...

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Pray for the...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Pray for the...

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

Source: In Mother Jones: The...

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