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Barbara Ehrenreich: Like many other...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Like many other...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years,...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: The truth is,...

Barbara Ehrenreich: The truth is,...

The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other...

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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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Helen Lawrenson: They are a...

Helen Lawrenson: They are a...

They are a curious mixture of Spanish tradition, American imitation, and insular limitation. This explains why they...

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Freya Stark: The great and...

Freya Stark: The great and...

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and...

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Judith Crist: The critics who...

Judith Crist: The critics who...

The critics who love are the severe ones . . . we know our relationship must be based on...

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Jean Kerr: Hope is the...

Jean Kerr: Hope is the...

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

Source:...

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Jean Kerr: One of the...

Jean Kerr: One of the...

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because...

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Janet Flanner: By jove, no...

Janet Flanner: By jove, no...

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer...

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Fran Lebowitz: Bread that must...

Fran Lebowitz: Bread that must...

Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.

Source:...

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Martha Gellhorn: Gradually I came...

Martha Gellhorn: Gradually I came...

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey,...

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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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Renata Adler: People have been...

Renata Adler: People have been...

People have been modeling their lives after films for years, but the medium is somehow unsuited to moral lessons,...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Culture is what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Culture is what...

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

Source: A Glass Eye...

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Eileen Caddy: Gratitude helps you...

Eileen Caddy: Gratitude helps you...

Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all...

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Susan Sontag: Books are funny...

Susan Sontag: Books are funny...

Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Rebecca West: Life ought to...

Rebecca West: Life ought to...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

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Billie Holiday: If I don't...

Billie Holiday: If I don't...

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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