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Clementine Paddleford: Never grow a...

Clementine Paddleford: Never grow a...

Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where a backbone ought to be.

Source: In Words of...

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Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. . .

Source:...

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Jean Kerr: Some people have...

Jean Kerr: Some people have...

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so...

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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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Helen Rowland: Variety is the...

Helen Rowland: Variety is the...

Variety is the spice of love.

Source: Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1903; p....

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Florence King: We want a...

Florence King: We want a...

We want a president who is as much like an American tourist as possible. Someone with the same goofy grin, the same...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Will the reader...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Will the reader...

Will the reader turn the page?

Source: Note posted in her study, quoted in MD, Jul...

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Carol Gilligan: . ....

Carol Gilligan: . ....

. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance...

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Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind...

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Helen Keller: How reconcile this...

Helen Keller: How reconcile this...

How reconcile this world of fact with the bright world of my imagining? My darkness has been filled with the light of...

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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: Take care of...

Dorothy Parker: Take care of...

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: There is entirely...

Dorothy Parker: There is entirely...

There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.

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Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

'House Beautiful' is the play lousy.

Source: Theater review.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Dorothy Parker: Good work, Mary....

Dorothy Parker: Good work, Mary....

Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

Source: Telegram to a friend who...

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Andrea Dworkin: Woman is not...

Andrea Dworkin: Woman is not...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that:...

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Susan Sontag: Surrealism is a...

Susan Sontag: Surrealism is a...

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is...

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Susan Sontag: Real art has...

Susan Sontag: Real art has...

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.

Source: Against Interpretation,...

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Harriet Lerner: Anger is a...

Harriet Lerner: Anger is a...

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Source: The Dance of Anger,...

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Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

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