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Janet Flanner: The older women...

Janet Flanner: The older women...

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were...

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Janet Flanner: Genius is immediate,...

Janet Flanner: Genius is immediate,...

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Source: In The Wit & Wisdom of Women,...

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Dorothy Thompson: The kind of...

Dorothy Thompson: The kind of...

The kind of intelligence a genius has is a different sort of intelligence. The thinking of a genius does not proceed...

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Renata Adler: No one ever...

Renata Adler: No one ever...

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a...

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Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a...

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Joan Baez: As long as...

Joan Baez: As long as...

As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

Dorothy Gish: I mean what...

I mean what good does it do anyone to kill themselves working, because the worms will get you in the...

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Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Getting involved is so, so . . . involving.

Source: As Ivy Smith ('Miss...

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Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.

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Karen Carpenter: I had no...

Karen Carpenter: I had no...

I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined. . . but the band director...

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Oprah Winfrey: My idea of...

Oprah Winfrey: My idea of...

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Source:...

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M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in...

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Lillian Carter: I know folks...

Lillian Carter: I know folks...

I know folks all have a tizzy about it, but I like a little bourbon of an evening. It helps me sleep. I don't much...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a...

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Joanna Field: The growth of...

Joanna Field: The growth of...

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

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Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

Ivy Baker Priest: The world is...

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Nagging is the...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Nagging is the...

Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.

Source: Speech, 1960.
-- Edith...

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June Singer: Is it sufficient...

June Singer: Is it sufficient...

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people...

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Ruth Benedict: . ....

Ruth Benedict: . ....

. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always...

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Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

Jean Rhys: I am sad,...

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and one that is...

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