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Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evill that we feel, or fear, but we...

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Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep...

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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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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you , choose, if you first get to know who you are...

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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

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Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to...

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Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Most women set out to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

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Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Ruby Dee: Among whom the...

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give...

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Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

The monster of advertisement. . . is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

Source: In Essence, Aug...

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Joan Crawford: I think the...

Joan Crawford: I think the...

I think the most important thing a woman can have -- next to talent, of course, is -- her...

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Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perserverence. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't...

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Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods;
To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip,
Or strut in the weakness...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: When one by...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: When one by...

When one by one our ties are torn,
And friend from friend is snatched forlorn;
When man is left alone to...

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Edith Nesbitt: Time is, as...

Edith Nesbitt: Time is, as...

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: But every act...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: But every act...

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

Source: Remarks on...

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Vera Brittain: Politics are usually...

Vera Brittain: Politics are usually...

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Source: The...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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