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Jane Addams: In his own...

Jane Addams: In his own...

In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his...

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Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without...

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Gracie Allen: The President of...

Gracie Allen: The President of...

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

Source:...

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Polly Adler: My home is...

Polly Adler: My home is...

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

Source: A House Is Not a Home, 1953.
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Mary Astor: Once you start...

Mary Astor: Once you start...

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Source: A Life on Film,...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?

Source: Hour of Glory, Hour of...

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Mary Astor: The man who...

Mary Astor: The man who...

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

Source: From...

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Didi Conn: In terms of...

Didi Conn: In terms of...

In terms of my store of emotional experiences it now as many more aisles than twenty years ago to pick...

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Lucy Stone: To make the...

Lucy Stone: To make the...

To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of...

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Erma Bombeck: The suburbs were...

Erma Bombeck: The suburbs were...

The suburbs were discovered, quite by accident, one day in the early 1940's by a Welcome Wagon lady who was...

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Madonna: To me, the...

Madonna: To me, the...

To me, the whole process of being a brushstroke in someone else's painting is a little...

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Pamela Hansford Johnson: I have always...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: I have always...

I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found...

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Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Source: Sudden Death
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Katharine Graham: To love what...

Katharine Graham: To love what...

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

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Amy Lowell: Moon!<br>Moon!<br>I am prone...

Amy Lowell: Moon!
Moon!
I am prone...

Moon!
Moon!
I am prone before you.
Pity me,
And drench me in loneliness.


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Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Source: The Rover,...

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Pearl Bailey: No one can...

Pearl Bailey: No one can...

No one can figure out your worth but you.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Anne Frank: Mrs. Van Daan's...

Anne Frank: Mrs. Van Daan's...

Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she...

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