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Anita Loos: I'm furious about...

Anita Loos: I'm furious about...

I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are...

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M F K Fisher: . . ....

M F K Fisher: . . ....

. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or...

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Emily Blackwell: Social intercourse --...

Emily Blackwell: Social intercourse --...

Social intercourse -- a very limited thing in a half civilized country, becomes in our centers of civilization a great...

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Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a...

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June Singer: And so Multi-media...

June Singer: And so Multi-media...

And so Multi-media Man, the contemporary successor to Renaissance Man . . .

Source:...

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Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

I'd like to meet you
In a timeless placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

There are many little ways to enlarge [your child's] world. Love of books is the best of...

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Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Faith --is the Pierless Bridge
Supporting what We see
Unto the Scene that We do not...

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Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of...

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Francesca Annis: I don't really...

Francesca Annis: I don't really...

I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get...

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Jane Fonda: When you can't...

Jane Fonda: When you can't...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Source: In The...

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Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

Judy Collins: I have inspiration...

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. I call them part of the joy of living, and they...

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Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring...

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Patti Smith: Never let go...

Patti Smith: Never let go...

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Source: In The Book of Positive...

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Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

They're all mine. . . . Of course, I'd trade any one of them for a dishwasher.

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: Women's virtue is...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: Women's virtue is...

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Source: In Paris '90.
-- Cornelia...

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Joan Crawford: What people want...

Joan Crawford: What people want...

What people want me to be.

Source: When asked, What do YOU want to be?; in American...

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell....

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Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Source:
-- Janis Joplin,...

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Bessie Smith: I ain't good-lookin',...

Bessie Smith: I ain't good-lookin',...

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

Source: In Words of Love, by...

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