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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.

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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
-- Vicki...

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Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

Barbara Jordan: If you're going...

If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.

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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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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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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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M F K Fisher: Wine and cheese...

M F K Fisher: Wine and cheese...

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures ....

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Emily Blackwell: For what is...

Emily Blackwell: For what is...

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: People are like...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: People are like...

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in,...

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Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Love has the quality of informing almost everything -- even one's work.

Source:...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit --...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Jane Austen: All the privilege...

Jane Austen: All the privilege...

All the privilege I claim for my own sex . . . is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying...

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Lucretia Mott: Let woman then...

Lucretia Mott: Let woman then...

Let woman then go on -- not asking as favour, but claiming as right, the removal of all the hindrances to her...

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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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