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Marie Antoinette: I was a...

Marie Antoinette: I was a...

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my...

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Ayn Rand: Money demands that...

Ayn Rand: Money demands that...

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their...

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Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Dreams the sources of action, the meeting and the end,
a resting-place among the flight of...

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Sonia Sanchez: I cannot tell...

Sonia Sanchez: I cannot tell...

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day....

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Mary Caroline Richards: To have character...

Mary Caroline Richards: To have character...

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Susan Griffin: One can find...

Susan Griffin: One can find...

One can find traces of every life in each life.

Source: In Words of Women...

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May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

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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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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Grace Hansen: ??...

Grace Hansen: ??...

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-- Grace Hansen, (Jan 0 1913-1985), US dance director; 0

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Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Source: Interview The New York...

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Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Things might have been so different
Right form the very start,
But you only wanted kisses
lips without any...

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Marie Lloyd: You can't trust...

Marie Lloyd: You can't trust...

You can't trust the 'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way...

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Marian Anderson: Fear is a...

Marian Anderson: Fear is a...

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Source: My Lord,...

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Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

Bette Midler: After thirty, a...

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Source: Reader's Digest, 1 Jun...

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Fanny Brice: I never liked...

Fanny Brice: I never liked...

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

Source: In The...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

I must say they regard the Sabbath and attend preaching, for there are churches of every denomination and able...

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Phyllis Diller: Women want men,...

Phyllis Diller: Women want men,...

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a...

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Lucille Ball: One of the...

Lucille Ball: One of the...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism...

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Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork...

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