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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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George Eliot: Education was almost...

George Eliot: Education was almost...

Education was almost always a matter of luck usually ill luck in those distant days.

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Jane Austen: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Take back the...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Take back the...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me...

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Gertrude Stein: It is inevitable...

Gertrude Stein: It is inevitable...

It is inevitable when one has a great need of something one finds it. What you need you attract like a...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I am speaking...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I am speaking...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred -- that of keeping their own...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: I don't say...

Mary Wortley Montagu: I don't say...

I don't say 'tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: I despise the...

Mary Wortley Montagu: I despise the...

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

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-- Mary...

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Fran Lebowitz: If your sexual...

Fran Lebowitz: If your sexual...

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be...

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Fran Lebowitz: Children are rarely...

Fran Lebowitz: Children are rarely...

Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and...

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Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our...

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Shirley Temple Black: I was very...

Shirley Temple Black: I was very...

I was very sophisticated when I was 17. When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was . . . I've been getting younger...

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George Eliot: For character too...

George Eliot: For character too...

For character too is a process and an unfolding. . . among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a...

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George Eliot: I've never any...

George Eliot: I've never any...

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with...

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Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and...

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Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

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Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Source: Southern...

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George Eliot: Strange, that some...

George Eliot: Strange, that some...

Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the...

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