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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Helen Rowland: Every once in...

Every once in a while nature stops experimenting and creates a man.

Source: In...

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Katharine Whitehorn: From a commercial...

Katharine Whitehorn: From a commercial...

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent...

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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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Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Protestant women may take the Pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking the Tablet.

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Liz Smith: What you become...

Liz Smith: What you become...

What you become is what counts.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Harriet Van Horne: Rarely in broadcasting...

Harriet Van Horne: Rarely in broadcasting...

Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand...

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Doris Lilly: The women [who...

Doris Lilly: The women [who...

The women [who marry millionaires] usually do everything for their men. They pack for them, make their phone calls and...

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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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Jane Welsh Carlyle: When one has...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: When one has...

When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.

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Margaret Bourke-White: The beauty of...

Margaret Bourke-White: The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man proposes, woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man proposes, woman...

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

Source: Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions, (1901,...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being...

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Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Rebecca West: Any authentic work...

Any authentic work of art must start as an argument between the artist and his audience.

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Helen Lawrenson: [Their] uniformity of...

Helen Lawrenson: [Their] uniformity of...

[Their] uniformity of appearance is frequently a triumph of modern science, thanks to which they can be equipped with...

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Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep into our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even...

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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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