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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Praise is the...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Praise is the...

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

Source: In And I...

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Brenda Ueland: These people who...

Brenda Ueland: These people who...

These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato...

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Helen Gurley Brown: You can have...

Helen Gurley Brown: You can have...

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

Source: In Words...

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Barbara Smith: Black women, whose...

Barbara Smith: Black women, whose...

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom...

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Freya Stark: Most people, after...

Freya Stark: Most people, after...

Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks,...

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Jean Kerr: Man is the...

Jean Kerr: Man is the...

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes...

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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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Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for...

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Fran Lebowitz: I must take...

Fran Lebowitz: I must take...

I must take issue with the term a mere child, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere...

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Erma Bombeck: Never go to...

Erma Bombeck: Never go to...

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Erma Bombeck: When I stand...

Erma Bombeck: When I stand...

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and...

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Anna Quindlen: Women are the...

Anna Quindlen: Women are the...

Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.

Source: In Words of...

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Mary Ashton Livermore: Above the titles...

Mary Ashton Livermore: Above the titles...

Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human...

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Renata Adler: The writer has...

Renata Adler: The writer has...

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition,...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: That little white...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: That little white...

That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's...

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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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Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

One is not born a genius. One becomes a genius.

Source: The Second Sex,...

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Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

I blame Rousseau, myself. Man is born free, indeed. Man is not born free, he is born attached to his mother by a cord...

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