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Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

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Sonia Johnson: In our patriarchal...

Sonia Johnson: In our patriarchal...

In our patriarchal world, we are al1 taught -- whether we like to think we are or not -- that God, being male, values...

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Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Eileen Caddy: Cease trying to...

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and...

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M F K Fisher: There are many...

M F K Fisher: There are many...

There are many of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard not to agree...

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Elizabeth Kenny: Some minds remain...

Elizabeth Kenny: Some minds remain...

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit...

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Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have...

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Joyce Brothers: Trust your hunches...

Joyce Brothers: Trust your hunches...

Trust your hunches . . . Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Warning! Do...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Source: A...

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Joan L Curcio: Jump into the...

Joan L Curcio: Jump into the...

Jump into the middle of things,
get your hands dirty,
fall flat on your face,
and then reach for the...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Heed the still,...

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Marita Bonner: The one real...

Marita Bonner: The one real...

The one real thing that money buys -- Time.

Source: On Being Young -- A Woman --...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to . . . face a situation fearlessly, and [if]...

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St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance<br>Attaineth to...

St Teresa of Avila: Patient endurance
Attaineth to...

Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God...

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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.

Source: In First Ms....

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Beatrice Hinkle: Fundamentally the male...

Beatrice Hinkle: Fundamentally the male...

Fundamentally the male artist approximates more to the psychology of woman, who, biologically speaking, is a purely...

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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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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

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