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

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Loretta Swit: It wasn't so...

Loretta Swit: It wasn't so...

It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response ... you...

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Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle...

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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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Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and...

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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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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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Harriet Martineau: Men who pass...

Harriet Martineau: Men who pass...

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard...

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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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Rebecca West: The trouble with...

Rebecca West: The trouble with...

The trouble with man is twofold. He cannot learn the truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too...

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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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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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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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Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of...

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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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