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Katharine Whitehorn: The best careers...

Katharine Whitehorn: The best careers...

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for...

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Cynthia Heimel: All men are...

Cynthia Heimel: All men are...

All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one...

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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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Lady Marguerite Blessington: People seem to...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: People seem to...

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable...

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Isabel Burton: I must just...

Isabel Burton: I must just...

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Source: Foreword,...

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Elizabeth Fishel: A sister is...

Elizabeth Fishel: A sister is...

A sister is both your mirror -- and your opposite.

Source: People Magazine, 2 Jun...

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Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Satiety is a...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Satiety is a...

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

Source: Naked Truth &...

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Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Germaine Greer: Libraries are reservoirs...

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy,...

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Belva Lockwood: The glory of...

Belva Lockwood: The glory of...

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

Source: Quoted in: Mary...

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

I am parshial [sic] to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

The truth is not so good a story.

Source: The Firebrand, 1987.
-- Marion Zimmer...

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Nella Larsen: If a man...

Nella Larsen: If a man...

If a man calls me a nigger it's his fault the first time, but mine if he has the opportunity to do it...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or...

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

The longest day must have its close -- the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of...

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Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes.

Source: National Velvet/...

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