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Adrienne Rich: Re-vision -- the...

Adrienne Rich: Re-vision -- the...

Re-vision -- the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction...

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Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

To tell you of this city, I would not do justice to the subject. The extravagance is in dressing and running to...

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Joan Rivers: After we made...

Joan Rivers: After we made...

After we made love he took a piece of chalk and made an outline of my body.

Source:...

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Rita Rudner: My mother buried...

Rita Rudner: My mother buried...

My mother buried three husbands . . . and two of them were only napping.

Source:...

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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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Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

Source: The Great Age of Greek...

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Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other...

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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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Han Suyin: This is Malaya....

Han Suyin: This is Malaya....

This is Malaya. Everything takes a long, a very long time, in Malaya. Things get done, occasionally, but more often...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum,...

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Gayl Jones: You change the...

Gayl Jones: You change the...

You change the rhythm of the talk and respoonse and you change the rhythm between the talk and the...

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Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Source: More or Less about Myself,...

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Margaret Halsey: The people who...

Margaret Halsey: The people who...

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is...

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Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

Barbara Bush: I think togetherness...

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think...

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Indira Gandhi: My father was...

Indira Gandhi: My father was...

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

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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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Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

Source: Female vs....

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Women are always...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Women are always...

Women are always being tested . . . but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the...

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Corazon Aquino: The nation was...

Corazon Aquino: The nation was...

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

Source: Dedicating a marker at...

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