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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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June Jordan: Body and soul,...

June Jordan: Body and soul,...

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity:...

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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . militarism . . . is one of the chief bulwarks of capitalism, and the day that militarism is undermined,...

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Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Work is the province of cattle.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Dorothy Parker: A list of...

Dorothy Parker: A list of...

A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket...

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Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

Susan B Anthony: [T]here never will...

[T]here never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect...

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Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private...

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Emily Post: The attributes of...

Emily Post: The attributes of...

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and...

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Sarah Caldwell: We must continuously...

Sarah Caldwell: We must continuously...

We must continuously discipline ourselves to I remember how it felt the first moment.

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

I never felt I left the stage.

Source: On being a politician; Center Stage,...

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Alberta Hunter: I've got the...

Alberta Hunter: I've got the...

I've got the world in a jug
The stopper's in my hand.


Source: Down Hearted...

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Margaret Cho: I have learned...

Margaret Cho: I have learned...

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I...

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Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense --the starkest Madness...

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Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

Emily Dickinson: God gave a...

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Not to discover weakness is
The Artifice of strength.


Source: 1865; The Poems of...

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Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at...

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Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

People love to talk but hate to listen. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every...

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