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Jeane Kirkpatrick: Society has never...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: Society has never...

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and...

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Louise Brooks: The great art...

Louise Brooks: The great art...

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and...

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Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

It stirs up envy, fame does.

Source: In Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity,...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

Source: Referring to guests she wanted...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: I like the...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: I like the...

I like the man who faces what he must,
With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer;
Who fights the daily battle...

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Rita Dove: We tend to...

Rita Dove: We tend to...

We tend to be so bombarded with information. . . This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have...

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Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In colder to convey things...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.


Source: We have been...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

The two kinds of people on earth that I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who...

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Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

The pacifists, task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive...

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Kathe Kollwitz: I do not...

Kathe Kollwitz: I do not...

I do not want to die . . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed...

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Emily Carr: It is not...

Emily Carr: It is not...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: The fame you...

Gloria Vanderbilt: The fame you...

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

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Coco Chanel: In order to...

Coco Chanel: In order to...

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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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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Ma Rainey: You see me...

Ma Rainey: You see me...

You see me ravin', you hear me crying,
Of Lawd, this lonely heart of maine,
Sometimes I'm grieving from my hat...

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Bessie Smith: When my bed...

Bessie Smith: When my bed...

When my bed is empty,
Makes me feel awful mean and blue.
My springs are getting rusty,
Living single like I...

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Lucille Ball: I regret the...

Lucille Ball: I regret the...

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no...

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Judy Collins: This is a...

Judy Collins: This is a...

This is a crazy culture. Absolutely nutty. You see it reflected everywhere you look, the desperate search -- who are...

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