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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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Agnes George DeMille: I learned 3...

Agnes George DeMille: I learned 3...

I learned 3 important things in college -- to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep any time...

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Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on...

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George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the...

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George Eliot: The sons of...

George Eliot: The sons of...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice,...

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Lillian Carter: I love all...

Lillian Carter: I love all...

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

Source: In Woman, 9 Apr...

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George Eliot: If you could...

George Eliot: If you could...

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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P D James: A man who...

P D James: A man who...

A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English...

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George Eliot: The desire to...

George Eliot: The desire to...

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

Source: Daniel Deronda, bk....

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George Eliot: Our passions do...

George Eliot: Our passions do...

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions...

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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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Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Whenever people say we mustn't be sentimental, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And, if they add,...

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Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have...

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Susan Sontag: Fear of sexuality...

Susan Sontag: Fear of sexuality...

Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now...

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Helen Keller: The welfare of...

Helen Keller: The welfare of...

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Dorothy Parker: People Who Do...

Dorothy Parker: People Who Do...

People Who Do things, exceed my endurance;
God, for a man that solicits insurance!


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Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

I argue thee that love is life
And life hath immortality.


Source: In Words of...

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Emily Dickinson: I dwell in...

Emily Dickinson: I dwell in...

I dwell in Possibility --
A fairer House than Prose --
More numerous of Windows --
Superior --for Doors...

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Emily Dickinson: They say God...

Emily Dickinson: They say God...

They say God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

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