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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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Peace Pilgrim: Worry is a...

Peace Pilgrim: Worry is a...

Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Angela Davis: The work of...

Angela Davis: The work of...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being...

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Rebecca West: I write books...

Rebecca West: I write books...

I write books to find out about things.

Source:
-- Rebecca West, (Dec 25...

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Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be...

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Shana Alexander: Trying to squash...

Shana Alexander: Trying to squash...

Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

Source:
-- Shana...

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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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Phyllis George: Life is what...

Phyllis George: Life is what...

Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.

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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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Alice Koller: Perhaps loving something...

Alice Koller: Perhaps loving something...

Perhaps loving something is the only starting place there is for making your life your...

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Helen Rowland: A man's desire...

Helen Rowland: A man's desire...

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Anyone who has...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Anyone who has...

Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers...

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Anita Loos: Show business is...

Anita Loos: Show business is...

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.

Source: Kiss Hollywood...

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Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Angela Carter: If Miss means...

Angela Carter: If Miss means...

If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink,...

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Eva Figes: There is a...

Eva Figes: There is a...

There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done...

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Toni Cade Bambara: Revolution begins with...

Toni Cade Bambara: Revolution begins with...

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Rose Tremain: There is something...

Rose Tremain: There is something...

There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except...

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