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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

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Renata Adler: At six one...

Renata Adler: At six one...

At six one morning, Will went out in jeans and frayed sweater to buy a quart of milk. A tourist bus went by. The...

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Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

I don't believe man is woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

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Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put...

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Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration,...

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Helen Rowland: No man can...

Helen Rowland: No man can...

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

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Helen Rowland: Oh yes, there...

Helen Rowland: Oh yes, there...

Oh yes, there is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

The only real security in a relationship lies neither in looking back in nostalgia, nor forward in dread or...

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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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Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Suzanne LaFollette: Until economic freedom...

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for...

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Liz Carpenter: Instead of looking...

Liz Carpenter: Instead of looking...

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to...

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Helen Keller: When we do...

Helen Keller: When we do...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of...

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Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up...

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Dorothy Parker: By the time...

Dorothy Parker: By the time...

By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying...

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Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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Dorothy Parker: I know that...

Dorothy Parker: I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting,...

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Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy,...

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Belva Lockwood: The glory of...

Belva Lockwood: The glory of...

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

Source: Quoted in: Mary...

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