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Simone de Beauvoir: The curse which...

Simone de Beauvoir: The curse which...

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Laws are felt...

Suzanne LaFollette: Laws are felt...

Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.

Source:...

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Dorothea Brande: Where there is...

Dorothea Brande: Where there is...

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Source: In The...

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Molly Haskell: The thought that...

Molly Haskell: The thought that...

The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keep us going.

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June Jordan: As I am...

June Jordan: As I am...

As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.

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Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Irene Thomas: Very few people...

Very few people seem to admit to coming from my family's class, which I suppose could be described as Upper Working....

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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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Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak...

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Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!

Source: The Big...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.

Source: In...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . the good old days. The only good days are ahead.

Source: Alice Childress, in...

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

It stirs up envy, fame does.

Source: In Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity,...

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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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Liv Ullmann: The older one...

Liv Ullmann: The older one...

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

I sit and sew -- a useless task it seems,
My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams . ....

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Maureen Duffy: We all have...

Maureen Duffy: We all have...

We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the...

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Gloria Swanson: I've given my...

Gloria Swanson: I've given my...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

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