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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... writeR, AND REFORMER, cofoundER OF THE WOMAN's chrISTIANTEMPERANCE UNION - As long as any adult thinks that he, like ... FRENCH ACTOR AND ANIMAL RIGHTSACTIVIST The years that a woman subtracts from her age are 22.
... writeR, AND REFORMER, cofoundER OF THE WOMAN's chrISTIANTEMPERANCE UNION - As long as any adult thinks that he, like ... FRENCH ACTOR AND ANIMAL RIGHTSACTIVIST The years that a woman subtracts from her age are 22.
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... FRENCH-AMERICAN ACTOR - After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. —cynthiaozick (1928–). AMERICAN NoveLIST, ESSAYIST, AND POET - I hope people realize that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart ...
... FRENCH-AMERICAN ACTOR - After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. —cynthiaozick (1928–). AMERICAN NoveLIST, ESSAYIST, AND POET - I hope people realize that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart ...
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... writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is ... writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new ... FRENCH 38.
... writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is ... writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new ... FRENCH 38.
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... FRENCH Novelist and PLAYWRIGHT - The arts are the rainforests of society. They produce the oxygen of freedom, and ... WRITER - I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because ...
... FRENCH Novelist and PLAYWRIGHT - The arts are the rainforests of society. They produce the oxygen of freedom, and ... WRITER - I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because ...
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... WRITER - We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are. —ANAisnin (1903–1977). FRENCH writeR AND DIARIST - I have my litany of frustrations, as everyone does, but ultimately I try to be hopeful because I don't see any decent ...
... WRITER - We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are. —ANAisnin (1903–1977). FRENCH writeR AND DIARIST - I have my litany of frustrations, as everyone does, but ultimately I try to be hopeful because I don't see any decent ...
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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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