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Lauren Bacall: I used to...

Lauren Bacall: I used to...

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically...

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Hermione Gingold: I got all...

Hermione Gingold: I got all...

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you...

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Ingrid Bergman: Success is getting...

Ingrid Bergman: Success is getting...

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

Source: In The...

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Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I feel...

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Source: In Webster's...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Sarah Winnemucca: Nobody really knows...

Sarah Winnemucca: Nobody really knows...

Nobody really knows Indians who cheat them and treat them badly.

Source: In Words...

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Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

Elizabeth Hardwick: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge...

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Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Source:...

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Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Andrea Dworkin: Male supremacy is...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: The difference between...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The difference between...

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Now that I'm...

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a...

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Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you're crazy. It...

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Elizabeth Fry: Punishment is not...

Elizabeth Fry: Punishment is not...

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Source:...

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Ella Baker: I have always...

Ella Baker: I have always...

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately...

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Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Source: In...

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Andrea Dworkin: A commitment to...

Andrea Dworkin: A commitment to...

A commitment to sexual equality with males. . . is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist...

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Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Barbara Sher: Real obstacles don't...

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a...

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Mary Frances Berry: My teachers treated...

Mary Frances Berry: My teachers treated...

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

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