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Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

O lovely Sisters! is it true
That they are all inspired by you,
And write by inward magic charm'd,
And high...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: The victory of...

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

Source: In...

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Mae West: It's hard to...

Mae West: It's hard to...

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine? . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired...

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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Julia Child: I was 32...

Julia Child: I was 32...

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Source: Particular...

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Simone Weil: Who were the...

Simone Weil: Who were the...

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead...

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Sonia Johnson: As we do...

Sonia Johnson: As we do...

As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Amelia Earhart: Women must pay...

Women must pay for everything. . . . They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, also, women get more...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Etty Hillesum: After each creative...

Etty Hillesum: After each creative...

After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

Meridel Le Sueur: They never die,...

They never die, who have the future in them.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift...

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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's...

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