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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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Dorothy Parker: If you want...

Dorothy Parker: If you want...

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

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Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Nature, like us is sometimes caught
Without her diadem.


Source: The Complete...

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Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church --
I keep it, staying at Home --
With a Bobolink for a Chorister --
And...

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Katharine Hepburn: As for me,...

Katharine Hepburn: As for me,...

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Source: Higham's 'Kate',...

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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: There is much...

George Eliot: There is much...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the...

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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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Jane Austen: Where so many...

Jane Austen: Where so many...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be...

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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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Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide --
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too near that...

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P D James: We English are...

P D James: We English are...

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our...

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George Eliot: It is possible...

George Eliot: It is possible...

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the...

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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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George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Every woman is...

George Eliot: Every woman is...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

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George Eliot: People who can't...

George Eliot: People who can't...

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Source:...

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George Eliot: More helpful than...

George Eliot: More helpful than...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

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