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Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Mary Caroline Richards: Let no one...

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the...

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Roseanne Barr: I figure that...

Roseanne Barr: I figure that...

I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job.

Source:...

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Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Beauty comes in all sizes-not just size 5.

Source: In The Quotable Quotations Book,...

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Margaret Bourke-White: Only by his...

Margaret Bourke-White: Only by his...

Only by his action can a man make (himself/his life) whole . . . . You are responsible for what you have done and the...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Source: In And I Quote,...

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Monica Baldwin: The refectory is...

Monica Baldwin: The refectory is...

The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a...

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Helen Rowland: There aren't any...

Helen Rowland: There aren't any...

There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers.

Source: New...

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Helen Rowland: Woman! The peg...

Helen Rowland: Woman! The peg...

Woman! The peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch, and the sinner his...

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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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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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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed...

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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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Susan B Anthony: If all the...

Susan B Anthony: If all the...

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: . . ....

Sylvia Pankhurst: . . ....

. . . the fact that [English] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely...

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Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all...

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Diana Vreeland: The only real...

Diana Vreeland: The only real...

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

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Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

[Youngsters] are nurtured from infancy on a Dick-and-Jane literary and artistic level; and the cultural drought, as...

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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. . .

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Rona Barrett: The healthy, the...

Rona Barrett: The healthy, the...

The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his...

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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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