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Rosa Luxemburg: Without general elections,...

Rosa Luxemburg: Without general elections,...

Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion,...

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Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

The high stage of world-industrial development in capitalistic production finds expression in the extraordinary...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one...

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Isabel Burton: I must just...

Isabel Burton: I must just...

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Source: Foreword,...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Elizabeth Fishel: Both within the...

Elizabeth Fishel: Both within the...

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare...

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Alice Koller: Perhaps loving something...

Alice Koller: Perhaps loving something...

Perhaps loving something is the only starting place there is for making your life your...

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Jane Smiley: As soon as...

Jane Smiley: As soon as...

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then...

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Colette Dowling: Here it was...

Colette Dowling: Here it was...

Here it was -- the Cinderella Complex. It used to hit girls of sixteen or seventeen, preventing them, often, from...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

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Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

Source: In Words of...

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Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by ...

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Naomi Wolf: Pain is real...

Naomi Wolf: Pain is real...

Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

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Judith Crist: In this lovely...

Judith Crist: In this lovely...

In this lovely land of corrugated cartons and plastic bags, we want our entertainment packaged neatly . . . an...

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Susan L Taylor: Seeds of faith...

Susan L Taylor: Seeds of faith...

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their...

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Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

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Jamaica Kincaid: I swim in...

Jamaica Kincaid: I swim in...

I swim in a shaft of light, upside down, and I can see myself clearly, through and through, from every angle. Perhaps...

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Janet Flanner: The stench of...

Janet Flanner: The stench of...

The stench of human wreckage in which the Nazi regime finally sank down to defeat has been the most shocking fact of...

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