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Elsa Maxwell: I make enemies...

Elsa Maxwell: I make enemies...

I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred...

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Margaret Anderson: I have always...

Margaret Anderson: I have always...

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep...

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Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Most of today's film actress are typical of a mass-production age: living dolls who look as if they came off an...

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Helen Gurley Brown: I care. I...

Helen Gurley Brown: I care. I...

I care. I care a lot. I think of Cosmopolitan, all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring and...

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Agnes Repplier: It is impossible...

Agnes Repplier: It is impossible...

It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the...

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Fran Lebowitz: The opposite of...

Fran Lebowitz: The opposite of...

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

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Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

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Jamaica Kincaid: I didn't think...

Jamaica Kincaid: I didn't think...

I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost...

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Jamaica Kincaid: My disappointments stand...

Jamaica Kincaid: My disappointments stand...

My disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me.

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Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles.

Source: In NY Post, 18 Dec 1967.
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Delphine de Girardin: The best religion...

Delphine de Girardin: The best religion...

The best religion is the most tolerant.

Source: In 21st Century Dictionary of...

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Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Delphine de Girardin: Good taste is...

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or...

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Hannah More: One kernel is...

Hannah More: One kernel is...

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to...

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Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Source: In...

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Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Margaret Oliphant: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

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Helen Rowland: Falling in love...

Helen Rowland: Falling in love...

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the...

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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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