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Althea Gibson: In sports, you...

Althea Gibson: In sports, you...

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it...

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Betty Friedan: When she stopped...

Betty Friedan: When she stopped...

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a...

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Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

Andrea Dworkin: All personal, psychological,...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source:...

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Fanny Burney: But if the...

Fanny Burney: But if the...

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment. . ....

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The excitement of...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The excitement of...

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not...

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Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

There was nothing separate about her days,
Like drops upon a window-pane, they ran
together and trickled away. ....

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Ada Louise Huxtable: Every creative act...

Ada Louise Huxtable: Every creative act...

Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There is no such thing,...

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Andrea Dworkin: Money speaks, but...

Andrea Dworkin: Money speaks, but...

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.

Source: Pornography, ch. 1...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Source: Toward a Recognition of...

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Rita Dove: If you can't...

Rita Dove: If you can't...

If you can't be free, be a mystery.

Source: Canary, lines 1 - and last line,...

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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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Margaret Walker: The Word of...

Margaret Walker: The Word of...

The Word of fire burns today
On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.


Source:...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

Grace Murray Hopper: If one ox...

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ivy Baker Priest: We women ought...

Ivy Baker Priest: We women ought...

We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money, as long as we get...

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Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

Indira Gandhi: You must learn...

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

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Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

'Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.' Let them eat cake.

Source: Traditional but wrong...

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Ruth Benedict: The trouble is...

Ruth Benedict: The trouble is...

The trouble is not that we are never happy -- it is that happiness is so episodical.

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Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable...

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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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