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Goldie Hawn: I must say...

Goldie Hawn: I must say...

I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the...

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Tina Turner: I will never...

Tina Turner: I will never...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

Source: In...

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Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Nothing else to do
but sit around and think about you
just think about you/that's all that I...

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Dinah Shore: I earn and...

Dinah Shore: I earn and...

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against --...

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Oprah Winfrey: When I look...

Oprah Winfrey: When I look...

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Source: In The...

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Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

Nadia Boulanger: The art of...

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...

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Ruth Draper: You see --...

Ruth Draper: You see --...

You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers...

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Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality, and energy and interest. We all lose...

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Meryl Streep: It is well...

Meryl Streep: It is well...

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Source: From a...

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Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Maybe we were naive, but still we were very honest about everything we did.

Source:...

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Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat...

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Joan Baez: As long as...

Joan Baez: As long as...

As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full...

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Josephine Baker: I was learning...

Josephine Baker: I was learning...

I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers....

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Anais Nin: There are very...

Anais Nin: There are very...

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those...

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Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.

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Margaret Atwood: If I were...

Margaret Atwood: If I were...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints...

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Djuna Barnes: What is a...

Djuna Barnes: What is a...

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

Source: Selected Works of Djuna...

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Angela Carter: Reading a book...

Angela Carter: Reading a book...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. . . . You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience...

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