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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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Ann Oakley: Being a good...

Ann Oakley: Being a good...

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife. . . . a dedication to keeping...

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Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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Dorothy Parker: The best way...

Dorothy Parker: The best way...

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of the...

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Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Beware of people...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Beware of people...

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Source: In Words...

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Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all...

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Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket...

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Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Beah Richards: Heaven and earth!...

Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?

Source: It's Time for...

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Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

That's all there is, there isn't any more.

Source: Curtain call, 1904.
-- Ethel...

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Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...

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George Eliot: An egotist is...

George Eliot: An egotist is...

An egotist is like a cock who thinks the sun has risen to hear him crow.

Source:...

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George Eliot: Best friend, my...

George Eliot: Best friend, my...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Source: The Spanish Gypsy, bk. 3,...

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George Eliot: Of a truth,...

George Eliot: Of a truth,...

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may...

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George Eliot: You have such...

George Eliot: You have such...

You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem...

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...

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George Eliot: It always remains...

George Eliot: It always remains...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against...

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George Eliot: Failure after long...

George Eliot: Failure after long...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a...

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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