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Susan L Taylor: Everything hinges on...

Susan L Taylor: Everything hinges on...

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights...

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Helen Rowland: It isn't tying...

Helen Rowland: It isn't tying...

It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying, it's separating himself from all the...

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Helen Rowland: It is easier...

Helen Rowland: It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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Helen Rowland: There are two...

Helen Rowland: There are two...

There are two kinds of men -- dead and deadly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more...

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Elsa Maxwell: Giving parties is...

Elsa Maxwell: Giving parties is...

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

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Helen Keller: Of all the...

Helen Keller: Of all the...

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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: How could they...

Dorothy Parker: How could they...

How could they tell?

Source: On being told of the death of former President Calvin...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: You can't make...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: You can't make...

You can't make souffle rise twice.

Source: Referring to Dewey's nomination, in...

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Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great...

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Marya Mannes: It's never what...

Marya Mannes: It's never what...

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

Source: In The...

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Dorothy Thompson: It is not...

Dorothy Thompson: It is not...

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I understand why...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I understand why...

I understand why the saints were rarely married women. It has primarily to do with distractions . . . Woman's normal...

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Irene Peter: To make crime...

Irene Peter: To make crime...

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

Source: In Webster's...

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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Susan Sontag: Societies need to...

Susan Sontag: Societies need to...

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its...

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Grace Paley: . . ....

Grace Paley: . . ....

. . . people will sometimes say, Why don't you write more politics? And I have to explain to them that writing the...

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Simone de Beauvoir: To make oneself...

Simone de Beauvoir: To make oneself...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive...

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Katharine Whitehorn: Any committee that...

Katharine Whitehorn: Any committee that...

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second...

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