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Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Mary Antin: It is only...

Mary Antin: It is only...

It is only that my illusion is more real to me than reality. And so do we often build our world on an error, and cry...

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Angela Davis: What this country...

Angela Davis: What this country...

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

Source: Speech, 1967.
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Jacqueline Bisset: Ideally, couples need...

Jacqueline Bisset: Ideally, couples need...

Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their femininity. Yet the qualities that men...

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Margaret Chase Smith: Greatness is not...

Margaret Chase Smith: Greatness is not...

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.

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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Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Josephine Baker: Beautiful? It's all...

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest . . . beautiful, no. Amusing,...

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Dianne Feinstein: Toughness doesn't have...

Dianne Feinstein: Toughness doesn't have...

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

Source: On women's role in...

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Beverly Sills: You may be...

Beverly Sills: You may be...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Source:...

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Oprah Winfrey: I have crossed...

Oprah Winfrey: I have crossed...

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer and Madame C.J. Walker. ...

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Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not...

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Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own...

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Mae West: When you get...

Mae West: When you get...

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Source: The Observer,...

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Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

Martina Navratilova: I hope, when...

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Source: In...

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Althea Gibson: Shaking hands with...

Althea Gibson: Shaking hands with...

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus...

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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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Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that...

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