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Elinor Glyn: He had that...

Elinor Glyn: He had that...

He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called It.''

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Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

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June Singer: And so Multi-media...

June Singer: And so Multi-media...

And so Multi-media Man, the contemporary successor to Renaissance Man . . .

Source:...

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June Singer: Is it sufficient...

June Singer: Is it sufficient...

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people...

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Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Emily Dickinson: Faith --is the...

Faith --is the Pierless Bridge
Supporting what We see
Unto the Scene that We do not...

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Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself...

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Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

Source:...

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Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you...

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Marian Anderson: The minute a...

Marian Anderson: The minute a...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others...

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Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

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Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still...

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Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

A soldier of the legion lay dying in Algiers --
There was a lack of woman's nursing,
There was dearth of woman's...

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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is that Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton,...

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Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Irene Thomas: Protestant women may...

Protestant women may take the Pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking the Tablet.

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Helen Rowland: There are two...

Helen Rowland: There are two...

There are two kinds of men -- dead and deadly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Germaine Greer: Perhaps catastrophe is...

Germaine Greer: Perhaps catastrophe is...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get...

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Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

Emmeline Pankhurst: You have to...

You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to...

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Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Jeannette Rankin: Men and women...

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.

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Janet Flanner: Women have invented...

Janet Flanner: Women have invented...

Women have invented nothing in all that, except the men who were born as male babies and grew up to be men big enough...

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