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Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

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Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to...

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Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, Did he leave a will? but Did he leave a...

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Judy Collins: Writing is a...

Judy Collins: Writing is a...

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is...

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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Nina Simone: Music is a...

Nina Simone: Music is a...

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

Source:...

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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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Susan Sontag: I was not...

Susan Sontag: I was not...

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my...

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Dorothy Thompson: The instinct to...

Dorothy Thompson: The instinct to...

The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.

Source: In...

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Shana Alexander: Ballet's image of...

Shana Alexander: Ballet's image of...

Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and...

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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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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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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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Irene Peter: Life is entirely...

Irene Peter: Life is entirely...

Life is entirely too time-consuming.

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-- Irene Peter, (Jan 0 0-0), US...

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Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Irene Peter: Always be sincere,...

Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by ...

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Ann Oakley: Clearly, society has...

Ann Oakley: Clearly, society has...

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the...

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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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Peace Pilgrim: We have all...

Peace Pilgrim: We have all...

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Source: In The...

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Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of...

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Helen Keller: Character cannot be...

Helen Keller: Character cannot be...

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be...

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