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Barbara Bush: I listen and...

Barbara Bush: I listen and...

I listen and give input only if somebody asks.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Love, I find,...

Zora Neale Hurston: Love, I find,...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors...

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Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Art is refining...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Art is refining...

Art is refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

Source: In...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge: fitter to bruise than...

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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Barbra Streisand: Men are allowed...

Barbra Streisand: Men are allowed...

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work . . . a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not...

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Beatrice Lillie: The vows one...

Beatrice Lillie: The vows one...

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong -- to belong to my...

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Grandma Moses: If I didn't...

Grandma Moses: If I didn't...

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Source: Grandma Moses, My...

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Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: Never say anything...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: Never say anything...

Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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Mae West: I believe in...

Mae West: I believe in...

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Sally Field: I really have...

Sally Field: I really have...

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people....

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Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

Source: In TIme, 20 Mar...

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Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always...

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