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Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

[Work is] something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

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Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Andrea Dworkin: Genocide begins, however...

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction...

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Renata Adler: In the strange...

Renata Adler: In the strange...

In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound...

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Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

He maintained that the case was lost or won by the time the final juror had been sworn in; his summation was set in...

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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.

Source:
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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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Naomi Wolf: To ask women...

Naomi Wolf: To ask women...

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

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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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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: 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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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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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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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Helen Gurley Brown: My success was...

Helen Gurley Brown: My success was...

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

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Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Source:...

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Peace Pilgrim: No one can...

Peace Pilgrim: No one can...

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human...

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Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

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Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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