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Susan Faludi: As it turns...

Susan Faludi: As it turns...

As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment...

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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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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. . . . It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience...

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Maya Angelou: The most called-upon...

Maya Angelou: The most called-upon...

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

Source: The...

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Doris Lessing: Small things amuse...

Doris Lessing: Small things amuse...

Small things amuse small minds.

Source: A Woman on a Roof,' in A Man and Two...

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Dorothy Parker: [We look like]...

Dorothy Parker: [We look like]...

[We look like] a road company of the Last Supper.

Source: On lunching with James...

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Judith Crist: Film criticism became...

Judith Crist: Film criticism became...

Film criticism became the means whereby a stream of young intellectuals could go straight from the campus film society...

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Janet Flanner: I act as...

Janet Flanner: I act as...

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

Source:...

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Fran Lebowitz: Nothing succeeds like...

Fran Lebowitz: Nothing succeeds like...

Nothing succeeds like address.

Source: Metropolitan Life, The Nail Bank: Not Just...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: When one is...

When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.

Source: Gift From...

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Julie Burchill: A woman who...

Julie Burchill: A woman who...

A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most...

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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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Grace Paley: The word career...

Grace Paley: The word career...

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional...

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

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Sheila Ballantyne: Some of my...

Sheila Ballantyne: Some of my...

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Source: Norma...

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Elsa Maxwell: Laugh at yourself...

Elsa Maxwell: Laugh at yourself...

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Delphine de Girardin: To love the...

Delphine de Girardin: To love the...

To love the one who loves you,
To admire the one who admires you,
In a word, to be the idol of one's idol,
Is...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Praise is the...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Praise is the...

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

Source: In And I...

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Elizabeth Fishel: The desire to...

Elizabeth Fishel: The desire to...

The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the...

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Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. ...

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