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Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

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Rita Mae Brown: The statistics on...

Rita Mae Brown: The statistics on...

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think...

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George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least...

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George Eliot: In spite of...

George Eliot: In spite of...

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and...

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George Eliot: The egoism which...

George Eliot: The egoism which...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied,...

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George Eliot: [T]here is one...

George Eliot: [T]here is one...

[T]here is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. . . . It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very...

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George Eliot: All meanings, we...

George Eliot: All meanings, we...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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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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Jane Austen: Let other pens...

Jane Austen: Let other pens...

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Source: Mansfield Park, Ch. 48
-- Jane...

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Jane Austen: Single women have...

Jane Austen: Single women have...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of...

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P D James: What the detective...

P D James: What the detective...

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

Source: In Samples...

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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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Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights.

Source: Journal,...

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Sally Kempton: Women are natural...

Sally Kempton: Women are natural...

Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options,...

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Erma Bombeck: You hear a...

Erma Bombeck: You hear a...

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big...

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Dorothy Parker: Art is a...

Dorothy Parker: Art is a...

Art is a form of catharsis.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and...

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Helen Rowland: The feminine vanity...

Helen Rowland: The feminine vanity...

The feminine vanity case is the grave of masculine illusions.

Source: In Webster's...

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Andrea Dworkin: Undernourished, intelligence becomes...

Andrea Dworkin: Undernourished, intelligence becomes...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body...

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