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Marjorie Holmes: Man is the...

Marjorie Holmes: Man is the...

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

Source: In...

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Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest...

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Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. [O]ur children are being led...

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Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about...

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Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Andrea Dworkin: Monroe, the consummate...

Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting,...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The human face...

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. . . . It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience...

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Susan Faludi: As it turns...

Susan Faludi: As it turns...

As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment...

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Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

And yet wherever there exists the display of power there is politics, and in women's relations with men there is a...

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Mae West: Marriage is a...

Mae West: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Source: In...

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next...

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Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

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Marilyn Monroe: I've been on...

Marilyn Monroe: I've been on...

I've been on a calendar, but never on time.

Source: Quoted in: Look (16 Jan....

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Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women...

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Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that...

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Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so...

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Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

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Carol Burnett: Comedy is tragedy...

Carol Burnett: Comedy is tragedy...

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Source: From Charades, an internet collection of...

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Liv Ullmann: The older one...

Liv Ullmann: The older one...

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work...

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Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Reality is something you rise above.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara...

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