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Marlo Thomas: A feminist is...

Marlo Thomas: A feminist is...

A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to...

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Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

He [Mr. Wrong] still shows up in my dreams, and I still don't know what to do with him. I was quite enamored with him...

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Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with...

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Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!

Source: To her chauffeur, on fans at a...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'll come and...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'll come and...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.

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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged...

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Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Thinks't thou there are no serpents in the world
But those that slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the...

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Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not...

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bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

Being oppressed means the absence of choices.

Source: Feminist Theory, ch.1,...

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Margaret Chase Smith: Greatness is not...

Margaret Chase Smith: Greatness is not...

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means...

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible,...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level . ....

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Peace Pilgrim: Make food a...

Peace Pilgrim: Make food a...

Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly...

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Rosa Parks: Have you ever...

Rosa Parks: Have you ever...

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over...

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