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Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Source: In The Observer, 21...

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Jessica Mitford: It is somehow...

Jessica Mitford: It is somehow...

It is somehow reassuring to discover that the word travel is derived from travail, denoting the pains of...

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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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Helen Rowland: Marriage: A souvenir...

Helen Rowland: Marriage: A souvenir...

Marriage: A souvenir of love.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams,...

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Helen Rowland: Marrying an old...

Helen Rowland: Marrying an old...

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

Source: Reflections...

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Helen Rowland: The hardest task...

Helen Rowland: The hardest task...

The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are...

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Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Julie Burchill: Fame is no...

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. . . suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Few books are...

Simone de Beauvoir: Few books are...

Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to...

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Dorothea Brande: Fiction supplies the...

Dorothea Brande: Fiction supplies the...

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material...

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Emily Dickinson: This is my...

Emily Dickinson: This is my...

This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me--
The simple News that Nature told--
With tender...

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Paula Gunn Allen: Breath is life,...

Paula Gunn Allen: Breath is life,...

Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

God will protect us, [my mother] often said to June and me. But to make sure, she would add, carry a heavy...

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Joan Baez: It seems to...

Joan Baez: It seems to...

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words...

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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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Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space...

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Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two...

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Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

I remember thinking back then, 'Oh God, if we don't get a hit by the time I'm 20 I have to kill myself!' Well, we JUST...

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Marian Anderson: The minute a...

Marian Anderson: The minute a...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others...

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Bette Midler: I always try...

Bette Midler: I always try...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the...

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Jessye Norman: If you send...

Jessye Norman: If you send...

If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find...

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