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Florence King: In its purest...

Florence King: In its purest...

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a...

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Peggy Noonan: A great speech...

Peggy Noonan: A great speech...

A great speech is literature.

Source: In Ms. Magazine, 1 Dec 1988.
-- Peggy...

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Peggy Noonan: The Irish are...

Peggy Noonan: The Irish are...

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings,...

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Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Peggy Noonan: Now he is...

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult...

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Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more...

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Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Source:...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Today's shocks are...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Today's shocks are...

Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Liz Carpenter: I learned in...

Liz Carpenter: I learned in...

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

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Lucy Stone: In education, in...

Lucy Stone: In education, in...

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Winning has always...

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

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Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

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Judith Crist: In this lovely...

Judith Crist: In this lovely...

In this lovely land of corrugated cartons and plastic bags, we want our entertainment packaged neatly . . . an...

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Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Fran Lebowitz: Life is something...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Source: In The Observer, 21...

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Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Jessica Mitford: Gracious dying is...

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

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Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Fran Lebowitz: Children make the...

Fran Lebowitz: Children make the...

Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to...

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Erma Bombeck: Don't confuse fame...

Erma Bombeck: Don't confuse fame...

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

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Renata Adler: The writer has...

Renata Adler: The writer has...

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition,...

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Renata Adler: Idle people are...

Renata Adler: Idle people are...

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and...

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Midge Decter: We proclaimed you...

Midge Decter: We proclaimed you...

We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is...

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