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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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Colette Dowling: Here it was...

Colette Dowling: Here it was...

Here it was -- the Cinderella Complex. It used to hit girls of sixteen or seventeen, preventing them, often, from...

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Gail Hamilton: The total depravity...

Gail Hamilton: The total depravity...

The total depravity of inanimate things.

Source: Epigram
-- Gail Hamilton, ( ...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man proposes, woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man proposes, woman...

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

Source: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, (1901,...

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Marion Woodman: Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Marion Woodman: Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Moreover, perfectionist standards do not allow for failure. They do not even allow for life, and certainly not...

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Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Any authentic work of art must start as an argument between the artist and his audience.

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Liz Smith: Begin somewhere; you...

Liz Smith: Begin somewhere; you...

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Source: In...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Be grateful for...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Be grateful for...

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you...

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Marilyn vos Savant: . . ....

Marilyn vos Savant: . . ....

. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.

Source: In Words of...

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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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Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do...

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Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

When I'm gone, somebody else will take it up and do it. This is how we've lived all these...

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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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Maggie Kuhn: Learning and sex...

Maggie Kuhn: Learning and sex...

Learning and sex until rigor mortis.

Source: Her motto; in The Concise Columbia...

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Margaret Sanger: When a motherhood...

Margaret Sanger: When a motherhood...

When a motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will...

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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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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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Abigail Van Buren: While forbidden fruit...

Abigail Van Buren: While forbidden fruit...

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

Source:...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: Lawyers [are] operators...

Jane Bryant Quinn: Lawyers [are] operators...

Lawyers [are] operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to...

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