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Anna Letitia Barbauld: But every act...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: But every act...

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

Source: Remarks on...

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Susan Griffin: Before a secret...

Susan Griffin: Before a secret...

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

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Diane Ackerman: There is no...

Diane Ackerman: There is no...

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our...

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Rosalind Russell: Acting is standing...

Rosalind Russell: Acting is standing...

Acting is standing up naked and turning around slowly.

Source: Life Is a Banquet,...

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Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space . . . and on all sides round,...

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Shirley Jones: People want that...

Shirley Jones: People want that...

People want that kind of make-believe. They want entertainment. People love the music in it, they still love to hear...

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Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!<br>Even though the...

Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious!
If you say it loud...

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Liza Minnelli: There are so...

Liza Minnelli: There are so...

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

Source: On why girls marry badly, in...

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Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

I felt comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for...

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Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I...

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Rebecca West: Did St Francis...

Rebecca West: Did St Francis...

Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the...

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Martha Beck: The really potent...

Martha Beck: The really potent...

The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: Even more than...

Jane Bryant Quinn: Even more than...

Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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Florence King: We worship education...

Florence King: We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

Source:
-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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Simone de Beauvoir: The curse which...

Simone de Beauvoir: The curse which...

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their...

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Simone de Beauvoir: On the day...

Simone de Beauvoir: On the day...

On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in strength, not to escape herself but...

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Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

I blame Rousseau, myself. Man is born free, indeed. Man is not born free, he is born attached to his mother by a cord...

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Midge Decter: Ideas are powerful...

Midge Decter: Ideas are powerful...

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action....

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Isabel Burton: I must just...

Isabel Burton: I must just...

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Source: Foreword,...

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