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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: In every race,...

In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of...

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Audre Lorde: There are no...

Audre Lorde: There are no...

There are no new ideas still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

With care, and skill, and cunning art,
She parried Time's malicious dart,
And kept the years at bay,
Till...

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Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story . . . .

Source: In...

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Maggie Smith: I've aged, Sidney....

Maggie Smith: I've aged, Sidney....

I've aged, Sidney. There are new lines in my face. I look like a brand-new, steel-belted radial...

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Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I...

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Edith Evans: A successful artist...

Edith Evans: A successful artist...

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until...

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Lauren Bacall: I am not...

Lauren Bacall: I am not...

I am not a has-been. I'm a will be.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Source: Phil Donahue show NBC TV 16 Oct...

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Marian Anderson: You lose a...

Marian Anderson: You lose a...

You lose a lot of time hating people.

Source: In The New York Times, 18 Apr...

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Whitney Houston: I don't like...

Whitney Houston: I don't like...

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself --...

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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

But for me, the greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch peoples' lives. I know that's a greater...

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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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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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