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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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Dorothy Height: A Negro woman...

Dorothy Height: A Negro woman...

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can,t take the same things for...

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Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of...

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Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

When I'm gone, somebody else will take it up and do it. This is how we've lived all these...

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Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

And yet wherever there exists the display of power there is politics, and in women's relations with men there is a...

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Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Life set itself to new processions of seed-time and harvest, the skin newly turned to seasonal variations, the very...

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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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Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore,...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: Why is it...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: Why is it...

Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Nearly every glamorous,...

Helen Gurley Brown: Nearly every glamorous,...

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

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Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Karen Horney: The perfect normal...

Karen Horney: The perfect normal...

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Eliot: It's but little...

George Eliot: It's but little...

It's but little good you'll do awatering the last year's crop.

Source: Adam...

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June Singer: Despite the continuing...

June Singer: Despite the continuing...

Despite the continuing expansion or even explosion of information, there will forever be limits beyond which the...

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Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Judy Blume: Are you there...

Judy Blume: Are you there...

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I...

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Toni Cade Bambara: The dream is...

Toni Cade Bambara: The dream is...

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only reality.

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