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Ellen Glasgow: No matter how...

Ellen Glasgow: No matter how...

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless...

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Betty Ford: I had thought...

Betty Ford: I had thought...

I had thought I would hate being First Lady. . . . I loved it.

Source: In 2,715...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: The family is...

Jill Ruckelshaus: The family is...

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

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Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to...

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Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

A sensible woman should be guided by her bead when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a...

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Alice James: Though I have...

Alice James: Though I have...

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.

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Jane Bryant Quinn: The best real-estate...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The best real-estate...

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties...

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Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and...

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Helen Rowland: Home' is any...

Helen Rowland: Home' is any...

'Home' is any four walls that enclose the right person.

Source: Reflections of a...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The sea does...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The sea does...

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open,...

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Florence King: We wallow in...

Florence King: We wallow in...

We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had...

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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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June Jordan: As I am...

June Jordan: As I am...

As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.

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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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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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Ellen Key: When one paints...

Ellen Key: When one paints...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Source: The...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I like being...

I like being unconventional.

Source:
-- Florence Griffith Joyner, (Dec 21...

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Ann Landers: There are really...

Ann Landers: There are really...

There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those...

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