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Dorothy Height: The black woman...

Dorothy Height: The black woman...

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

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Maggie Kuhn: Power should not...

Maggie Kuhn: Power should not...

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so...

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Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something...

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Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or...

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Peg Bracken: The fact is,...

Peg Bracken: The fact is,...

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still...

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Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Who would ever think that so much can go on in the soul of a young girl?

Source:...

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Doris Lessing: What's terrible is...

Doris Lessing: What's terrible is...

What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: If you can't...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: If you can't...

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

Source: Motto...

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Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

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Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only...

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Sojourner Truth: We do as...

Sojourner Truth: We do as...

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once...

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Susan Faludi: The demand that...

Susan Faludi: The demand that...

The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to...

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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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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that...

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Elizabeth Arden: Nothing that costs...

Elizabeth Arden: Nothing that costs...

Nothing that costs only a dollar is worth having.

Source: In In Cosmetics the Old...

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Barbra Streisand: What does it...

Barbra Streisand: What does it...

What does it mean when people applaud? . . . Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of...

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Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Source: In...

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