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Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

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Simone de Beauvoir: A man would...

Simone de Beauvoir: A man would...

A man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human...

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Simone de Beauvoir: One's life has...

Simone de Beauvoir: One's life has...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget...

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Erma Bombeck: I take a...

Erma Bombeck: I take a...

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: Checkout Time is 18...

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Erma Bombeck: The grass is...

Erma Bombeck: The grass is...

The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Susan Sontag: In the final...

Susan Sontag: In the final...

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized...

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Susan Sontag: It is not...

Susan Sontag: It is not...

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

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Susan Sontag: Sadomasochism has always...

Susan Sontag: Sadomasochism has always...

Sadomasochism has always been the furthest reach of the sexual experience: when sex becomes most purely sexual, that...

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Susan Sontag: One set of...

Susan Sontag: One set of...

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse...

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Susan Sontag: With more people,...

Susan Sontag: With more people,...

With more people, there are more voices to tune out.

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Helen Keller: The welfare of...

Helen Keller: The welfare of...

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Helen Keller: When we do...

Helen Keller: When we do...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of...

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Dorothy Parker: Every year, back...

Dorothy Parker: Every year, back...

Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with...

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Dorothy Parker: Men don't like...

Dorothy Parker: Men don't like...

Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility...

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Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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Dorothy Parker: I was the...

Dorothy Parker: I was the...

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.

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Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Dorothy Parker: Work is the...

Work is the province of cattle.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Dorothy Parker: Most good women...

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

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