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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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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel 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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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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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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Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose...

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Kathleen Norris: In spite of...

Kathleen Norris: In spite of...

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Faith Baldwin: One of the...

Faith Baldwin: One of the...

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to...

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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to...

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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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Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Source:...

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Muriel Spark: It is impossible...

Muriel Spark: It is impossible...

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

Source: The...

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George Eliot: An election is...

George Eliot: An election is...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of...

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Jane Austen: For what do...

Jane Austen: For what do...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

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Jean Kerr: Man is the...

Jean Kerr: Man is the...

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes...

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Abigail Van Buren: If we could...

Abigail Van Buren: If we could...

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us we'd be millionaires.

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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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Simone de Beauvoir: We always come...

Simone de Beauvoir: We always come...

We always come back to the same vicious circle - an extreme degree of material or intellectual poverty does away with...

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Andrea Dworkin: Sexism is the...

Andrea Dworkin: Sexism is the...

Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on...

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