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Isabel Burton: I have no...

Isabel Burton: I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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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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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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Margaret Oliphant: As for pictures...

Margaret Oliphant: As for pictures...

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at...

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Jane Smiley: As soon as...

Jane Smiley: As soon as...

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: A child is...

Barbara Ehrenreich: A child is...

A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you...

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Peggy Noonan: Remember the waterfront...

Peggy Noonan: Remember the waterfront...

Remember the waterfront shack with the sign Fresh Fish Sold Here. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course...

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Nancy Friday: The debt of...

Nancy Friday: The debt of...

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself...

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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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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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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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Virgilia Peterson: Were marriage no...

Virgilia Peterson: Were marriage no...

Were marriage no more than a convenient screen for sexuality, some less cumbersome and costly protection must have...

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Amelia Barr: . . ....

Amelia Barr: . . ....

. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life;...

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Judith Martin: What you have...

Judith Martin: What you have...

What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to...

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Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life --...

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Maggie Kuhn: Learning and sex...

Maggie Kuhn: Learning and sex...

Learning and sex until rigor mortis.

Source: Her motto; in The Concise Columbia...

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