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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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Beatrice Hinkle: When one looks...

Beatrice Hinkle: When one looks...

When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial...

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Sylvia Plath: Too much attention...

Sylvia Plath: Too much attention...

Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always...

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Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in...

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Pearl Buck: The secret of...

Pearl Buck: The secret of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy...

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Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the...

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Amy Tan: How can you...

Amy Tan: How can you...

How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes...

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Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the...

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . and we could never learn to be brave and patient, if there was only joy in the...

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Andrea Dworkin: Romantic love, in...

Andrea Dworkin: Romantic love, in...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: To be loved...

Minna Thomas Antrim: To be loved...

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

Source:...

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Hortense Calisher: The words! I...

Hortense Calisher: The words! I...

The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.

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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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Helen Rowland: A man loses...

Helen Rowland: A man loses...

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

Source: In...

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Harriet Martineau: Laws and customs...

Harriet Martineau: Laws and customs...

Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to...

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Christiane Collange: How many women...

Christiane Collange: How many women...

How many women are ready to admit that they are capable of changing the course of their existence by simply taking...

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Fran Lebowitz: Very few people...

Fran Lebowitz: Very few people...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the...

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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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