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Barbara Deming: To resort to...

Barbara Deming: To resort to...

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action...

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Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is...

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Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

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Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

Jeane Kirkpatrick: We have war...

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants...

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Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

Nelly Sachs: O the chimneys...

O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Singing has always...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Singing has always...

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: If you want...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: If you want...

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am...

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Amy Vanderbilt: We must learn...

Amy Vanderbilt: We must learn...

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting divorced just...

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you...

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Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

It Was wisely known in New York, but never acknowledged, that Americans want to get away from amusement even more I...

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Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about...

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Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an...

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Greta Garbo: I never said,...

Greta Garbo: I never said,...

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the...

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Claudette Colbert: It matters more...

Claudette Colbert: It matters more...

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

Source: In The Last...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social...

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Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the...

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Leontyne Price: The ultimate of...

Leontyne Price: The ultimate of...

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Elizabeth Bishop: Icebergs behoove the...

Elizabeth Bishop: Icebergs behoove the...

Icebergs behoove the soul (Both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair,...

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