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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: Procrastination gives you...

Joan Konner: Procrastination gives you...

Procrastination gives you something to look forward to.

Source: In Webster's...

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Anna Quindlen: I would even...

Anna Quindlen: I would even...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the...

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Jane Howard: New links must...

Jane Howard: New links must...

New links must be forged as old ones rust.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Source: In The...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Woman's discontent increases...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Woman's discontent increases...

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.

Source: In...

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Helen Rowland: A good woman...

Helen Rowland: A good woman...

A good woman inspires a man; a brilliant woman interests him; a beautiful woman fascinates him; and a sympathetic...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There are no...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: There are no...

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: That's free enterprise,...

Barbara Ehrenreich: That's free enterprise,...

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing --the truly democratic thing...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Patience is one...

Simone de Beauvoir: Patience is one...

Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after...

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Katharine Whitehorn: From a commercial...

Katharine Whitehorn: From a commercial...

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent...

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Molly Haskell: The propaganda arm...

Molly Haskell: The propaganda arm...

The propaganda arm of the American Dream machine -- Hollywood.

Source: From...

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Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Source: In...

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Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are...

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Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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Susan Sontag: Any critic is...

Susan Sontag: Any critic is...

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of...

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Amelia Barr: . . ....

Amelia Barr: . . ....

. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life;...

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Hannah More: Goals help you...

Hannah More: Goals help you...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Marilyn French: To nourish children...

Marilyn French: To nourish children...

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or...

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Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as...

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