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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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Helen Keller: I don't want...

Helen Keller: I don't want...

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

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Helen Keller: The highest result...

Helen Keller: The highest result...

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Source: 'Optimism'
-- Helen...

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Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Dorothy Parker: Some men break...

Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up...

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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: I know that...

Dorothy Parker: I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Love, like chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its...

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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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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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Helen Rowland: To a woman...

Helen Rowland: To a woman...

To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning, but to a man it is the beginning of the...

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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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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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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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Erma Bombeck: Never accept a...

Erma Bombeck: Never accept a...

Never accept a drink from a Urologist.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Erma Bombeck: The only reason...

Erma Bombeck: The only reason...

The only reason I would take up jogging is so I could hear heavy breathing again.

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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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Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting,...

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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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