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Anita Brookner: In real life,...

Anita Brookner: In real life,...

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was...

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Barbara Sher: When you play...

Barbara Sher: When you play...

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're...

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Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

[Writing] has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different...

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Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about...

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Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

The excellent becomes the permanent.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

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Mary Austin: Ride your emotions...

Mary Austin: Ride your emotions...

Ride your emotions as the shallop rides the waves; don't get upset among them. There are people who enjoy getting...

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Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Twan't me, 'twas de Lord! Jes' so long as he wanted to use me, he would take keer of me, an' when he didn't want me no...

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Dorothy Day: Tradition! We scarcely...

Dorothy Day: Tradition! We scarcely...

Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them....

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Angela Davis: The work of...

Angela Davis: The work of...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be...

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Fanny Burney: . . ....

Fanny Burney: . . ....

. . . Imagination took the reins, and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric...

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Phyllis George: It doesn't seem...

Phyllis George: It doesn't seem...

It doesn't seem too unusual to have a live hermit crab here in Atlantic City, but when you think I brought it all the...

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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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Hannah More: It is not...

Hannah More: It is not...

It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: Too many wish...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: Too many wish...

Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: The drama of...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The drama of...

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Marilyn French: Women are afraid...

Marilyn French: Women are afraid...

Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no...

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Eda LeShan: [O]ne can develop...

Eda LeShan: [O]ne can develop...

[O]ne can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may...

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Peggy Noonan: Remember the waterfront...

Peggy Noonan: Remember the waterfront...

Remember the waterfront shack with the sign Fresh Fish Sold Here. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course...

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