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Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

I have gone to war too . . . I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you...

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Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

Charlotte Bunch: The state of...

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger...

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Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together.

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Margaret Anderson: My greatest enemy...

Margaret Anderson: My greatest enemy...

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

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Fran Lebowitz: Bread that must...

Fran Lebowitz: Bread that must...

Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.

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Erma Bombeck: Anybody who watches...

Erma Bombeck: Anybody who watches...

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

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Joan Konner: Think of ideas...

Joan Konner: Think of ideas...

Think of ideas as a beat. To change a mind is to change the world.

Source: In Words...

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Renata Adler: People have been...

Renata Adler: People have been...

People have been modeling their lives after films for years, but the medium is somehow unsuited to moral lessons,...

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Molly Ivins: The first rule...

Molly Ivins: The first rule...

The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.

Source: From Creators...

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Isabel Burton: I have no...

Isabel Burton: I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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Simone de Beauvoir: In the face...

Simone de Beauvoir: In the face...

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

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Gretel Ehrlich: Honesty is stronger...

Gretel Ehrlich: Honesty is stronger...

Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often hides.

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Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore...

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Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

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Margaret Oliphant: It has been...

Margaret Oliphant: It has been...

It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a...

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Marge Piercy: When I work...

Marge Piercy: When I work...

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting...

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Jane Smiley: In my experience,...

Jane Smiley: In my experience,...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand...

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Marjorie Holmes: A child's hand...

Marjorie Holmes: A child's hand...

A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone...

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