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Christina Baldwin: Forgiveness is the...

Christina Baldwin: Forgiveness is the...

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

Source: Life's...

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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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Grace Paley: I don't believe...

Grace Paley: I don't believe...

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

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Florence King: He travels fastest...

Florence King: He travels fastest...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

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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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Barbara Walters: Wait for those...

Barbara Walters: Wait for those...

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will...

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Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach...

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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Source: In The...

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Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

He loved politicians -- even Republicans.

Source: To joint session of Congress on...

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Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Patterning your life around other?s opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Source:...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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George Eliot: Vanity is as...

George Eliot: Vanity is as...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot...

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Elizabeth II: We lost the...

Elizabeth II: We lost the...

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding...

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M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in...

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Margaret Atwood: A word after...

Margaret Atwood: A word after...

A word after a word after a word is power.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Muriel Spark: One should only...

Muriel Spark: One should only...

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Judy Blume: No place has...

Judy Blume: No place has...

No place has delicatessen like New York.

Source: Are You There, God? It's Me,...

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