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Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all...

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Jean Kerr: The real menace...

Jean Kerr: The real menace...

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a...

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Fran Lebowitz: Having been unpopular...

Fran Lebowitz: Having been unpopular...

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.

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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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Christina Baldwin: Change is the...

Christina Baldwin: Change is the...

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

Source: One...

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Barbara Sher: It's essential to...

Barbara Sher: It's essential to...

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused...

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Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Since every death diminishes a little, we grieve -- not so much for the death as for...

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Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. . . suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than...

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Cynthia Heimel: Never judge someone...

Cynthia Heimel: Never judge someone...

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling...

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Kindness and intelligence...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Kindness and intelligence...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of...

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Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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Adela Rogers St Johns: Happiness is a...

Adela Rogers St Johns: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky.

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Helen Keller: My share of...

Helen Keller: My share of...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

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Liz Smith: What you become...

Liz Smith: What you become...

What you become is what counts.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Andrea Dworkin: No woman needs...

Andrea Dworkin: No woman needs...

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Source: Right-Wing Women, ch. 3...

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Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred...

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Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

Maya Angelou: A bird doesn't...

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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Shana Alexander: The sad truth...

Shana Alexander: The sad truth...

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

Source: The Feminine Eye,...

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Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to...

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