Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant RemarksQuirk Books, 15/02/2011 - 480 páginas Wit and wisdom from A to Z—a super-sized collection of inspirational quotes from bad*ss women in history and today, including Oprah Winfrey, Marilyn Monroe, and Toni Morrison. With more than 3,000 quotations on everything from fashion and feminism to men, marriage, friendship, history, technology, sports, and more, this massive compilation proves once and for all that women know everything! Each page offers wisdom, wit, and inspiration from a host of legendary women—from Jane Austen and Colette to Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Toni Morrison, Liz Phair, Ellen DeGeneres, and Naomi Klein. Here’s what they have to say about: Success “I still have my feet on the ground. I just wear better shoes.” —Oprah Winfrey Men and Women “Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backward and in high heels.” —Faith Whittlesey Being Single “I’ve never been married, but I tell people I’m divorced so they won’t think something’s wrong with me.” —Elayne Boosler Individuality “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” —Judy Garland Family “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” —Maya Angelou Quotations “I always have a quotation for everything—it saves original thinking.” —Dorothy L. Sayers With contributions from writers, artists, celebrities, politicians, scientists, and legendary figures all over the world, Women Know Everything! offers addictive reading—and a superb reference—for women of all ages. |
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... Peace Prize for her environmental sustainability work in Kenya, and Aung San Suu Kyi's undaunted nonviolent resistance and wrongful imprisonment made me proud to be a woman and determined that this book would give voices not only to ...
... Peace Prize for her environmental sustainability work in Kenya, and Aung San Suu Kyi's undaunted nonviolent resistance and wrongful imprisonment made me proud to be a woman and determined that this book would give voices not only to ...
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... PEACE PRIZE - The struggle is eternal. The tribe increases. Somebody else carries on. —ELLA.J. Baker (1903–1986). AFRICAN-AMERICAN civil RIGHTSACTIVIST - I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced ...
... PEACE PRIZE - The struggle is eternal. The tribe increases. Somebody else carries on. —ELLA.J. Baker (1903–1986). AFRICAN-AMERICAN civil RIGHTSACTIVIST - I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced ...
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... peace, civil rights, the ERA. You name it, we marched for it. In sensible shoes. —Julia KING .. 20th/21ST CENTURY AMERICAN RADIO comment ATOR AND ACTIVIST - A disturber of the peace, am I? Yes indeed, of my own peace. Do you call this ...
... peace, civil rights, the ERA. You name it, we marched for it. In sensible shoes. —Julia KING .. 20th/21ST CENTURY AMERICAN RADIO comment ATOR AND ACTIVIST - A disturber of the peace, am I? Yes indeed, of my own peace. Do you call this ...
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... peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature. —RACHELCARSON (1907–1964) ANAERICAN ZOOLOGIST AND MARINE BIOLOGIST - PETS Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. —ColeTTE (1873–1954) ...
... peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature. —RACHELCARSON (1907–1964) ANAERICAN ZOOLOGIST AND MARINE BIOLOGIST - PETS Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. —ColeTTE (1873–1954) ...
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... PEACE PRIZE - So a fulfilled woman sometimes looks beautiful, and sometimes doesn't look so beautiful, but you don't have to worry about that because it's all in a day. —cHARLotte RAMPLING (1946–) - ENGLISH ACTOR - I think that the ...
... PEACE PRIZE - So a fulfilled woman sometimes looks beautiful, and sometimes doesn't look so beautiful, but you don't have to worry about that because it's all in a day. —cHARLotte RAMPLING (1946–) - ENGLISH ACTOR - I think that the ...
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Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks Karen Weekes Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |
Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks Karen Weekes Pré-visualização indisponível - 2011 |
Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks Karen Weekes Pré-visualização indisponível - 2011 |
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