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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Great artists treasure...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Great artists treasure...

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

Source:...

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Helen Rowland: A man can...

Helen Rowland: A man can...

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little...

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Peace Pilgrim: We are all...

Peace Pilgrim: We are all...

We are all cells in the same body of humanity.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Judith Crist: Happiness is too...

Judith Crist: Happiness is too...

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a...

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Rona Barrett: It's ironic, but...

Rona Barrett: It's ironic, but...

It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for...

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Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.

Source: Recalled on...

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Anna Quindlen: For most of...

Anna Quindlen: For most of...

For most of my life the only ceremonies I've been to at which women were the stars were weddings. So I like...

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Dorothy Thompson: Even in life...

Dorothy Thompson: Even in life...

Even in life [Sinclair Lewis] was fully alive only in his writing. He lives in public libraries from Maine to...

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Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on...

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Julie Burchill: The freedom that...

Julie Burchill: The freedom that...

The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

It is the marketplace that calls most clearly for men to be softer, more narcissistic and receptive, and the new man...

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Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application...

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Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

I blame Rousseau, myself. Man is born free, indeed. Man is not born free, he is born attached to his mother by a cord...

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Carol Gilligan: In the different...

Carol Gilligan: In the different...

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility,...

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Ingrid Bengis: The real trap...

Ingrid Bengis: The real trap...

The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.

Source: Monroe According to Mailer,...

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Helen Keller: College isn't the...

Helen Keller: College isn't the...

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

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-- Helen Keller, (Jun 27...

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Diane Sawyer: I think the...

Diane Sawyer: I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Judith Martin: The dinner table...

Judith Martin: The dinner table...

The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation,...

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