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Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and...

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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: 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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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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Helen Rowland: There's so much...

Helen Rowland: There's so much...

There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one...

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Alice Embree: Humans must breathe,...

Alice Embree: Humans must breathe,...

Humans must breathe, but corporations must make money.

Source: Media Images 1:...

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Suzanne LaFollette: There is nothing...

Suzanne LaFollette: There is nothing...

There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.

Source: In...

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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his...

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Florence King: Americans worship creativity...

Florence King: Americans worship creativity...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty -- as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God...

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Ann Oakley: Housework is work...

Ann Oakley: Housework is work...

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

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Alice James: You must remember...

Alice James: You must remember...

You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is...

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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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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget...

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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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Helen Keller: I sometimes wonder...

Helen Keller: I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the...

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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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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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Maya Angelou: For Africa to...

Maya Angelou: For Africa to...

For Africa to me. . . is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going...

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