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Fanny Burney: . . ....

Fanny Burney: . . ....

. . . Imagination took the reins, and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric...

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Dorothy Uhnak: I like to...

Dorothy Uhnak: I like to...

I like to deliver more than I promise instead of the other way around. Which is just one of my many trade...

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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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Hannah More: Goals help you...

Hannah More: Goals help you...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing...

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Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring,...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: The discovery of...

Barbara Ehrenreich: The discovery of...

The discovery of poverty at the beginning of the 1960s was something like the discovery of America almost 500 years...

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Ann Oakley: In our defence...

Ann Oakley: In our defence...

In our defence of biology and its mystique we are blind to the dangers of power. Women as the guardians of children...

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Ann Oakley: The primary function...

Ann Oakley: The primary function...

The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values,...

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Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

The awesome antiphon swelled in the dark and expanded.

Source: On music at early...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Between flattery and...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Between flattery and...

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Source:...

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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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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will...

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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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Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Summer is the...

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the...

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Marie de Sevigne: We like so...

Marie de Sevigne: We like so...

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse...

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Mariah Carey: This is for...

Mariah Carey: This is for...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when...

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Billie Holiday: If I don't...

Billie Holiday: If I don't...

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Cher: The trouble with...

Cher: The trouble with...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry...

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Joni Mitchell: There are things...

Joni Mitchell: There are things...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

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