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Debra Winger: I have a...

Debra Winger: I have a...

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Source:...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.


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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

It has ever been since time began,
And ever will be, till time lose breath,
That love is a mood -- no more -- to...

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Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Love will make a way out of no way.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
-- Lynda Barry,...

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Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Source:...

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Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Nothing else to do
but sit around and think about you
just think about you/that's all that I...

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Diana Ross: If I have...

Diana Ross: If I have...

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

Source: Secrets of a...

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Suzanne Vega: Solitude stands by...

Suzanne Vega: Solitude stands by...

Solitude stands by the window
She turns her head as I walk in the room
I can see by her eyes she's been...

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Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Source: In Readers'...

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Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

What matters it if they do forget the singer, so they don't forget the song.

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to...

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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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Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are...

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Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

Source:...

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Gilda Radner: It is so...

Gilda Radner: It is so...

It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We act to live,...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone who's coordinated,...

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