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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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Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Source: In...

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Madonna: I wouldn't have...

Madonna: I wouldn't have...

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel...

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Oprah Winfrey: Every day's a...

Oprah Winfrey: Every day's a...

Every day's a kick!

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by...

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Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

I'm looking forward to being older when what you look like becomes less and less the issue and what you are is the...

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Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Where thou art, that is home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Cherish your wilderness.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long Approach,...

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Susan Griffin: Before a secret...

Susan Griffin: Before a secret...

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

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Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space . . . and on all sides round,...

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Virginia Graham: When some people...

Virginia Graham: When some people...

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.

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Judy Collins: I am glad...

Judy Collins: I am glad...

I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means...

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Jane Wagner: Delusions of grandeur...

Jane Wagner: Delusions of grandeur...

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.

Source: From an...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I am not...

Zora Neale Hurston: I am not...

I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms of...

Hannah Cowley: The charms of...

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they...

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Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: In very truth...

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are...

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Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach...

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Florence King: He travels fastest...

Florence King: He travels fastest...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

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Florence King: Familiarity doesn't breed...

Florence King: Familiarity doesn't breed...

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

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-- Florence King,...

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Ingrid Bengis: The real questions...

Ingrid Bengis: The real questions...

The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make...

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