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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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Helen Rowland: A man can...

Helen Rowland: A man can...

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little...

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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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Abigail Van Buren: People who fight...

Abigail Van Buren: People who fight...

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Source: Universal Press...

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Ellen Goodman: We are told...

Ellen Goodman: We are told...

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because...

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Jamaica Kincaid: If I actually...

Jamaica Kincaid: If I actually...

If I actually ran the world, I'd do it from the kitchen. It's not anything deliberate or a statement or anything,...

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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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Mary Ashton Livermore: The age looks...

Mary Ashton Livermore: The age looks...

The age looks steadily to the redressing of wrong, to the righting of every form of error and injustice; and a...

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Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

Source: In 2,715...

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Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed.

Source:...

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Grandma Moses: I paint from...

Grandma Moses: I paint from...

I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and...

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May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak...

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Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one.

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Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

A woman's a woman until the day she dies, but a man's only a man as long as he can.

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Judy Collins: I Iook in...

Judy Collins: I Iook in...

I Iook in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Source: Secret...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life is to...

Katharine Hepburn: Life is to...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be...

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Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

The if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it...

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Liv Ullmann: We all need...

Liv Ullmann: We all need...

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked . . . not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We...

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