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Georgie Anne Geyer: Not only does...

Georgie Anne Geyer: Not only does...

Not only does the world scarcely know who the Latin American man is, the world has barely...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Knowledge increases in...

Knowledge increases in proportion to its use -- that is, the more we teach the more we...

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Eileen Caddy: A human being...

Eileen Caddy: A human being...

A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Erma Bombeck: If you can't...

Erma Bombeck: If you can't...

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Gretel Ehrlich: Am I like...

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

Andrea Dworkin: The utopian male...

The utopian male concept which is the premise of male pornography is this --since manhood is established and confirmed...

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Hannah Arendt: Fear is an...

Hannah Arendt: Fear is an...

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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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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bell hooks: The academy is...

bell hooks: The academy is...

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

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Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.

Source: On being an elected official...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

Martha Wright Griffiths: If you are...

If you are trying to run a whorehouse in the sky, then get a license.

Source: In...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the...

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Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Source:...

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

The deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman is pity.

Source: In The...

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Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. Adjust your...

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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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Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal...

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Judith Jamison: I m moved...

Judith Jamison: I m moved...

I m moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's...

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