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Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an...

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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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Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.

Source:...

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Meg Greenfield: The greatest harm...

Meg Greenfield: The greatest harm...

The greatest harm of all the gore on the tube is that it may dull our response to the real...

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Meg Greenfield: We are fickle...

Meg Greenfield: We are fickle...

We are fickle and we are insatiable in our appetite for new news, new biases, new cliches.... It's not just... that...

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Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

Erma Bombeck: It takes a...

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Source: In The...

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Shirley Conran: You're never too...

Shirley Conran: You're never too...

You're never too old to grow up.

Source: Savages.
-- Shirley Conran, (Sep 21...

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Dorothy Dix: Confession is always...

Dorothy Dix: Confession is always...

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The mother eagle...

The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave...

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Helen Rowland: A good woman...

Helen Rowland: A good woman...

A good woman inspires a man; a brilliant woman interests him; a beautiful woman fascinates him; and a sympathetic...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too.

Source: In...

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Peggy Noonan: You don't have...

Peggy Noonan: You don't have...

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone.

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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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Sheila Ballantyne: The moon develops...

Sheila Ballantyne: The moon develops...

The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images.

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Helen Rowland: France may claim...

Helen Rowland: France may claim...

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are made in...

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Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Source:...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Quoting, like smoking,...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Quoting, like smoking,...

Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.

Source: In The...

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Gail Sheehy: The delights of...

Gail Sheehy: The delights of...

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or...

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