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Judy Garland: In the silence...

Judy Garland: In the silence...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of...

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Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Privacy and security are those things you give up when `you show the world what makes you...

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Judy Collins: I don't think...

Judy Collins: I don't think...

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the...

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Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the...

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Alice Childress: Who wants to...

Alice Childress: Who wants to...

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia? Our time is forever...

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Sarah Caldwell: Tanglewood [summer home...

Sarah Caldwell: Tanglewood [summer home...

Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the...

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Phyllis George: Crafts make us...

Phyllis George: Crafts make us...

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create...

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Grace Paley: I was a...

Grace Paley: I was a...

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

Source:...

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Gail Hamilton: Christ made no...

Gail Hamilton: Christ made no...

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

Source: In...

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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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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Whatever we are...

Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will...

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Helen Rowland: A man's heart...

Helen Rowland: A man's heart...

A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are...

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Julie Burchill: As with most...

Julie Burchill: As with most...

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more...

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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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Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

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Katharine Whitehorn: The great rule...

Katharine Whitehorn: The great rule...

The great rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than...

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Oriana Fallaci: Listening to someone...

Oriana Fallaci: Listening to someone...

Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you...

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Elsa Maxwell: Under pressure, people...

Elsa Maxwell: Under pressure, people...

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being...

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Andrea Dworkin: Erotica is simply...

Andrea Dworkin: Erotica is simply...

Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged,...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: [The] legitimate office...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: [The] legitimate office...

[The] legitimate office [of the human face] is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of...

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