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Diana Vreeland: [Blue jeans are]...

Diana Vreeland: [Blue jeans are]...

[Blue jeans are] the most beautiful things since the gondola.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Jean Kerr: I feel about...

Jean Kerr: I feel about...

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to...

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Barbara Sher: Doing your own...

Barbara Sher: Doing your own...

Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Childbearing is glorified...

Andrea Dworkin: Childbearing is glorified...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Source: Pornography,...

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Lucy Stone: In education, in...

Lucy Stone: In education, in...

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business...

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Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: It takes as...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: It takes as...

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

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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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Carolyn Heilbrun: I don't know...

Carolyn Heilbrun: I don't know...

I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's...

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Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber,...

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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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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Marian Anderson: Leadership should be...

Marian Anderson: Leadership should be...

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by...

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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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Bette Midler: My idea of...

Bette Midler: My idea of...

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Source: In Webster's...

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Mary Antin: A characteristic thing...

Mary Antin: A characteristic thing...

A characteristic thing about the aspiring immigrant is the fact that he is not content to progress alone. Solitary...

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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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Jessie Redmon Fauset: There is no...

Jessie Redmon Fauset: There is no...

There is no peace with you
Nor any rest!
Your presence is a torture to the brain.
Your words are barbed...

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Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or...

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