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Martha Washington: I very linearly...

Martha Washington: I very linearly...

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which...

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Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

Julia Ward Howe: The strokes of...

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

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Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one...

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Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

Source: In...

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Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Anna Jameson: Fame is that...

Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Nature is just...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Nature is just...

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

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Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

Sonia Johnson: I liked the...

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name...

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Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

Coretta Scott King: I'm fulfilled in...

I'm fulfilled in what I do. . . I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life --...

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Jane Smiley: My characters never...

Jane Smiley: My characters never...

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

If one talks to more than four people it is an audience, and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: Our own theological...

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

Emmeline Pankhurst: We are here,...

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

Carolyn Heilbrun: . . ....

. . . a relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest...

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Peace Pilgrim: This is the...

Peace Pilgrim: This is the...

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with...

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Gloria Steinem: The first problem...

Gloria Steinem: The first problem...

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

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Mary Astell: . . ....

Mary Astell: . . ....

. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another...

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Andrea Dworkin: As long as...

Andrea Dworkin: As long as...

As long as there is rape. . . there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going...

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