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Ruth Benedict: I haven't strength...

Ruth Benedict: I haven't strength...

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

Source: In An Anthropologist at...

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Brigid Brophy: We Irish had...

Brigid Brophy: We Irish had...

We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip...

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Margery Allingham: In common with...

Margery Allingham: In common with...

In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all...

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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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can never...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can never...

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life . . .

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Cynthia Heimel: A woman needs...

Cynthia Heimel: A woman needs...

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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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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Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

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Dorothy Parker: There must be...

Dorothy Parker: There must be...

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about...

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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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Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

I was thirty-seven when I went to work writing the column. I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social...

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Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

We're still not where we're going but we're still not where we were.

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Rosa Luxemburg: Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Rosa Luxemburg: Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the...

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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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Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

Natasha Josefowitz: You may not...

You may not be well read, you may not know how to count, you may write poorly, but as soon as you open your mouth...

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Katherine F Gerould: Simplicity is an...

Katherine F Gerould: Simplicity is an...

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

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Nancy Friday: Spontaneous and honest...

Nancy Friday: Spontaneous and honest...

Spontaneous and honest love admits errors, hesitations, and human failings; it can be tested and repaired. Idealized...

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Helen Rowland: When two people...

Helen Rowland: When two people...

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they don't understand one another, but a sign that they...

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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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