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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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Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Life loves the liver of it.

Source: The Black Scholar Interviews Maya Angelou, Jan...

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Ann Landers: There are really...

Ann Landers: There are really...

There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and...

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Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in...

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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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Anita Brookner: The lessons taught...

Anita Brookner: The lessons taught...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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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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Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are...

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Ellen Key: At every step...

Ellen Key: At every step...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from...

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Ellen Key: When one paints...

Ellen Key: When one paints...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Source: The...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are...

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Doris Lilly: Millionaires are marrying...

Doris Lilly: Millionaires are marrying...

Millionaires are marrying their secretaries because they are so busy making money they haven't time to see other...

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: Voyager, there are...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: Voyager, there are...

Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.

Source: In Words of...

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: I am playing...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: I am playing...

I am playing with myself,
I am playing with the world's soul,
I am the dialogue between myself and el espiritu...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible...

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Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore...

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Anya Seton: As I grew...

Anya Seton: As I grew...

As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Experience is a...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Experience is a...

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

Source: Naked Truth...

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