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George Eliot: Perhaps the most...

George Eliot: Perhaps the most...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more...

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George Eliot: An ass may...

George Eliot: An ass may...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Source: Romola, ch....

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Jane Austen: It is always...

Jane Austen: It is always...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride...

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Shirley Temple Black: Good luck needs...

Shirley Temple Black: Good luck needs...

Good luck needs no explanation.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Emily Dickinson: We must be...

Emily Dickinson: We must be...

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

Source: Letter, 1874; in...

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Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Not knowing when the dawn will come
I open every door.


Source: In Pearls of...

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Susan B Anthony: Those of you...

Susan B Anthony: Those of you...

Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. ....

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Helen Keller: Many persons have...

Helen Keller: Many persons have...

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but...

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Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.


Source: News Item, Enough...

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Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if...

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Erma Bombeck: Women are never...

Erma Bombeck: Women are never...

Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift...

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Maya Angelou: The need for...

Maya Angelou: The need for...

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Source: I Know Why...

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Maya Angelou: My life has...

Maya Angelou: My life has...

My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that's walked
A song that's spoke,
I laugh so hard I almost...

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Susan Sontag: The freakish is...

Susan Sontag: The freakish is...

The freakish is no longer a private zone, difficult of access. People who are bizarre, in sexual disgrace, emotionally...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men renounce whatever...

Andrea Dworkin: Men renounce whatever...

Men renounce whatever they have in common with women so as to experience no commonality with women; and what is left,...

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Rita Mae Brown: Language is the...

Rita Mae Brown: Language is the...

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are...

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

I believe in art that conceals art.

Source: Starting From Scratch/ 1988
-- Rita...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful,...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

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