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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.

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Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

To rise above tree line is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into birdsong, bog orchids, willows, and...

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Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Source: In...

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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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Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.

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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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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

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Katharine Whitehorn: The best careers...

Katharine Whitehorn: The best careers...

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for...

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June Jordan: In the name...

June Jordan: In the name...

In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and...

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Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a...

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Fran Lebowitz: Remember that as...

Fran Lebowitz: Remember that as...

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is...

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Erma Bombeck: My mind works...

Erma Bombeck: My mind works...

My mind works . . . two boobs never get me a job.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Helen Keller: The best and...

Helen Keller: The best and...

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the...

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Helen Keller: There is no...

Helen Keller: There is no...

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among...

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Dorothy Parker: All those writers...

Dorothy Parker: All those writers...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same...

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Dorothy Parker: She had spent...

Dorothy Parker: She had spent...

She had spent the golden time in grudging its going.

Source: The Lovely Leave, in...

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Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Protestant women may take the Pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking the Tablet.

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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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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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