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Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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Emma Lazarus: His cup is...

Emma Lazarus: His cup is...

His cup is gall, his meat is tears,
His passion lasts a thousand years.


Source:...

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Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!

Source: The Big...

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Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

A woman's a woman until the day she dies, but a man's only a man as long as he can.

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Hazel Scott: Who ever walked...

Hazel Scott: Who ever walked...

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to...

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Judy Garland: How strange when...

Judy Garland: How strange when...

How strange when an illusion dies, it's as though you've lost a child.

Source: An...

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Judy Collins: I have tried,...

Judy Collins: I have tried,...

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

Source: Interview in...

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Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Good morning, children of the 80s. This is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue.

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Nina Simone: Everything that happened...

Nina Simone: Everything that happened...

Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as...

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Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Madonna: I wouldn't have...

Madonna: I wouldn't have...

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel...

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Pearl Bailey: I never really...

Pearl Bailey: I never really...

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns...

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Oprah Winfrey: I still have...

Oprah Winfrey: I still have...

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

Source: In Oprah! by...

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Mari Evans: I'm<br>gonna spread out<br>over...

Mari Evans: I'm
gonna spread out
over...

I'm
gonna spread out
over America
intrude
my proud blackness
all
over the...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: It would be...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: It would be...

It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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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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