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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people...

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Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

You have to erect a fence and say OK, scale this.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Oh, mister porter, what shall I do?
I wanted to go to Birmingham, but they've carried me on to...

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Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked...

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Mary Antin: My friendships, my...

Mary Antin: My friendships, my...

My friendships, my advantages and disadvantages, my gifts, my habits, my ambitions these were the materials out of...

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Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

Susan Sarandon: I believe in...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I...

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Catherine the Great: Power without a...

Catherine the Great: Power without a...

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a...

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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Source: In...

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Vita Sackville-West: [The writer] catches...

Vita Sackville-West: [The writer] catches...

[The writer] catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of...

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Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

You're the unfortunate contradiction in terms -- a serious good person.

Source: The...

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Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Source: The...

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Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

The Englishwoman is so refined
She has no bosom and no behind.


Source: This...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Your world is as big as you make it.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new....

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Edith Evans: . . ....

Edith Evans: . . ....

. . . actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what...

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Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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