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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: 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: It's easier to...

Helen Rowland: It's easier to...

It's easier to hide your light under a bushel than to keep your shady side dark.

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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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Liz Carpenter: A major advantage...

Liz Carpenter: A major advantage...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

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Rebecca Harding Davis: These great turning-days...

Rebecca Harding Davis: These great turning-days...

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the...

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Helen Keller: Resolve to keep...

Helen Keller: Resolve to keep...

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy shall form an invincible host against difficulty.

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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: Hollywood money isn't...

Dorothy Parker: Hollywood money isn't...

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

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Dorothy Parker: He has a...

Dorothy Parker: He has a...

He has a capacity for enjoyment so vast that he gives away great chunks to those about him, and never even misses...

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Dorothy Parker: This play John...

Dorothy Parker: This play John...

This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening...

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Robin Morgan: There's something contagious...

Robin Morgan: There's something contagious...

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

Source: Sisterhood Is...

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Erma Bombeck: Guilt: the gift...

Erma Bombeck: Guilt: the gift...

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

Source: Quoted by John Skow Time, 2 Jul...

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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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Grace Paley: All that is...

Grace Paley: All that is...

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or...

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Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat.

Source: Both Sides.
-- Gail...

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George Eliot: The only failure...

George Eliot: The only failure...

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be...

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George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

Abroad, that large home of ruined reputations.

Source: Felix Holt, Epilogue...

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George Eliot: The golden moments...

George Eliot: The golden moments...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we...

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George Eliot: It's them as...

George Eliot: It's them as...

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world.

Source: Mrs. Poyser,...

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