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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... woman and determined that this book would give voices not only to literary and entertainment figures but to activists, politicians, and aviators; athletes, educators. and scientists. So it is my hope that this entire book will be a true ...
... woman and determined that this book would give voices not only to literary and entertainment figures but to activists, politicians, and aviators; athletes, educators. and scientists. So it is my hope that this entire book will be a true ...
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... woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn't have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don't have what it takes.” —cLARE Boothe Luce (1903–1987). AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT, Journalist, AND ...
... woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn't have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don't have what it takes.” —cLARE Boothe Luce (1903–1987). AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT, Journalist, AND ...
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... woman as temptress, wife, mother, and sex object, and portrays women as less intelligent and more dependent than men.... It makes women believe that their own lives. talents, and interests ought to be secondary to the needs of their ...
... woman as temptress, wife, mother, and sex object, and portrays women as less intelligent and more dependent than men.... It makes women believe that their own lives. talents, and interests ought to be secondary to the needs of their ...
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... WOMAN's chrISTIANTEMPERANCE UNION - As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. —Margaret MEAD (1901–1978) ...
... WOMAN's chrISTIANTEMPERANCE UNION - As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. —Margaret MEAD (1901–1978) ...
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... woman's always younger than a man at equal years. —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861). ENGLISH POET - There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be ...
... woman's always younger than a man at equal years. —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861). ENGLISH POET - There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be ...
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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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