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Marion Woodman: It takes great...

Marion Woodman: It takes great...

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

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Gracie Allen: All the other...

Gracie Allen: All the other...

All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I...

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Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the...

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Brigid Brophy: The thriller is...

Brigid Brophy: The thriller is...

The thriller is the cardinal twentieth-century form. All it, like the twentieth century, wants to know is: Who's...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to...

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Brigid Brophy: We Irish had...

Brigid Brophy: We Irish had...

We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip...

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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

Olive Schreiner: [Finishing schools] are...

[Finishing schools] are nicely adapted machines for experimenting on the question, Into how little space a human...

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Rosa Parks: It was not...

Rosa Parks: It was not...

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made and demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am where...

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

Source: In Essence, Aug...

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Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Source: Southern...

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Ayn Rand: There are two...

Ayn Rand: There are two...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always...

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Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.

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Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Like many other...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Like many other...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years,...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: It will all...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: It will all...

It will all go on as long as women are stupid enough to go on bringing men into the world. ....

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Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Imagine spending four...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Imagine spending four...

Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and...

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Lily Tomlin: I have always...

Lily Tomlin: I have always...

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

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