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Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that...

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Indira Gandhi: I suppose leadership...

Indira Gandhi: I suppose leadership...

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with...

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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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Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without...

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Elizabeth I: Anger makes dull...

Elizabeth I: Anger makes dull...

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Source: In Apophthegms, by...

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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of...

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Ella T Grasso: I am having...

Ella T Grasso: I am having...

I am having trouble managing the mansion. What I need is a wife.

Source: In Quotes...

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Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

My vigor, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run away from.

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Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Erica Jong: It is for...

Erica Jong: It is for...

It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Toni Cade Bambara: The job of...

Toni Cade Bambara: The job of...

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

Source: In Famous Black...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: My role isn't...

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically...

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Grace Murray Hopper: A ship in...

Grace Murray Hopper: A ship in...

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Source: In Mothers...

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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Natalia Ginzburg: Every day silence...

Natalia Ginzburg: Every day silence...

Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.

Source: The...

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Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country,...

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