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Mari Evans: If we have...

Mari Evans: If we have...

If we have the Word let us
say it
If we have the Word let us
be it
If we have the Word let...

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Audre Lorde: There are no...

Audre Lorde: There are no...

There are no new ideas still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten...

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Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Source:...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: We neither laugh...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: We neither laugh...

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

Source:...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined...

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Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

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Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Remember the night we broke the window in this old house? This is what I wished for.

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Nobody sees a...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Nobody sees a...

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time -- like to have a friend takes...

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Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...

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Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is...

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Jacqueline Bisset: A mode of...

Jacqueline Bisset: A mode of...

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman...

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Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

My greatest strength is . . . common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's...

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Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

It stirs up envy, fame does.

Source: In Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity,...

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Sophia Loren: The two big...

Sophia Loren: The two big...

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I told her...

Whoopi Goldberg: I told her...

I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

Source:...

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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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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got...

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Jenny Joseph: When I am...

Jenny Joseph: When I am...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall...

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