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Andrea Dworkin: Wealth of any...

Andrea Dworkin: Wealth of any...

Wealth of any kind, is an expression of male sexual power.

Source: Pornography,...

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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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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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Mae West: When you get...

Mae West: When you get...

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Source: The Observer,...

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Whoopi Goldberg: An actress can...

Whoopi Goldberg: An actress can...

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.

Source: Letter...

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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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Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Source:...

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Britney Spears: When you sing...

Britney Spears: When you sing...

When you sing a song with feeling and do your all you connect and that's crucial to me.

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Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Is there any other...

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Julie Andrews: Perseverance is failing...

Julie Andrews: Perseverance is failing...

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

Source: From...

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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: 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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Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

A soldier of the legion lay dying in Algiers --
There was a lack of woman's nursing,
There was dearth of woman's...

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Vera Brittain: There is an...

Vera Brittain: There is an...

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no...

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Audre Lorde: Who I am...

Audre Lorde: Who I am...

Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world.

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Miriam Makeba: I look at...

Miriam Makeba: I look at...

I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they...

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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: It's the heart...

Bette Midler: It's the heart...

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Source: In The...

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Lauren Bacall: A man's illness...

Lauren Bacall: A man's illness...

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an...

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