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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands and...

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Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

We're still not where we're going but we're still not where we were.

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth -- few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the...

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Hannah More: Going to the...

Hannah More: Going to the...

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: If you have...

If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

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Gail Hamilton: Every person is...

Gail Hamilton: Every person is...

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell...

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Florence King: Time has lost...

Florence King: Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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Ann Oakley: Housework is work...

Ann Oakley: Housework is work...

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: General notions are...

Mary Wortley Montagu: General notions are...

General notions are generally wrong.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: Before the child...

Mary Steichen Calderone: Before the child...

Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

Source: Uncle Tom's...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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Eva Figes: Providing for one's...

Eva Figes: Providing for one's...

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over...

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Judith Guest: To have a...

Judith Guest: To have a...

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A...

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Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets...

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Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

I can't see anythin, ter be glad about -- gettin, a pair of crutches when you wanted a doll! . . .
Goosey! Why,...

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Barbara Cartland: We romantic writers...

Barbara Cartland: We romantic writers...

We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where...

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Judith Rossner: A lie was...

Judith Rossner: A lie was...

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

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