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Bella Abzug: All of the...

Bella Abzug: All of the...

All of the men on my staff can type.

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

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Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Annie Dillard: Appealing workplaces are...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the...

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Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Source: Referring to her husband. As I...

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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

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Erica Jong: It is for...

Erica Jong: It is for...

It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I...

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Marianne Williamson: In every community,...

Marianne Williamson: In every community,...

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the...

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Marianne Williamson: There is nothing...

Marianne Williamson: There is nothing...

There is nothing Madison Avenue can give us that will make us more beautiful women. We are beautiful because God...

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Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think...

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Abigail Adams: . . ....

Abigail Adams: . . ....

. . . a habit the pleasure of which increases with practice, but becomes more urksome with...

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Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Margaret Thatcher: Why do you...

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you...

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Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the...

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Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

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Queen Victoria: We are not...

Queen Victoria: We are not...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

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Christina of Sweden: I love men,...

Christina of Sweden: I love men,...

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women.

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Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

Ninon de Lenclos: The resistance of...

The resistance of a woman is not always proof of her virtue but more frequently of her...

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M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books . . . finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Mary Steichen Calderone: Our children are...

Our children are not going to be just our children they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the...

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Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.

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Beatrice Hinkle: . . ....

Beatrice Hinkle: . . ....

. . . woman is a being dominated by the creative urge and . . . no understanding of her as an individual can be gained...

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