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Rosa Luxemburg: Without general elections,...

Rosa Luxemburg: Without general elections,...

Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion,...

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Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

The high stage of world-industrial development in capitalistic production finds expression in the extraordinary...

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Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

Harriet Lerner: We commonly confuse...

We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one...

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Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political...

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Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Marsha Sinetar: Rather than denying...

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like. . . . Our...

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Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. ...

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Nancy Friday: If a few...

Nancy Friday: If a few...

If a few lustful and erotic reveries make the housework go by as if in a dream, why not?

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Minna Thomas Antrim: To control a...

Minna Thomas Antrim: To control a...

To control a man a woman must first control herself.

Source: Naked Truth & Veiled...

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Alice James: The success or...

Alice James: The success or...

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right...

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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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Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

The shortest recorded period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the...

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Shirley Conran: I make no...

Shirley Conran: I make no...

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if...

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Dorothy Dix: It is only...

Dorothy Dix: It is only...

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little...

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Florence King: We worship education...

Florence King: We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

Source:
-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Peggy Noonan: Sincerity and competence...

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it's everything.

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Peggy Noonan: Most people aren't...

Peggy Noonan: Most people aren't...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves....

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

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Katharine Whitehorn: When it comes...

Katharine Whitehorn: When it comes...

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe,...

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Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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Elsa Maxwell: Serve the dinner...

Elsa Maxwell: Serve the dinner...

Serve the dinner backward, do anything but for goodness sake, do something weird.

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