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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... AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET, MEMOIRIST, AND CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVIST - Anger is like milk, it should not be kept too long. —PHYLLIs Bostome (1884–1963). ENGLISHWRITER - Their anger dug out for itself a deep channel, so that future angers might ...
... AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET, MEMOIRIST, AND CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVIST - Anger is like milk, it should not be kept too long. —PHYLLIs Bostome (1884–1963). ENGLISHWRITER - Their anger dug out for itself a deep channel, so that future angers might ...
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... AFRICAN-AMERICAN writeR AND POET - It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. —ANAïs Nin (1903 ...
... AFRICAN-AMERICAN writeR AND POET - It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. —ANAïs Nin (1903 ...
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... poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation. —MICHELLE OBAMA (1964–) • AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES - Good art ...
... poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation. —MICHELLE OBAMA (1964–) • AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES - Good art ...
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... AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET, MEMORIST, AND CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVIST - Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were ...
... AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET, MEMORIST, AND CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVIST - Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were ...
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... AMERICAN, FIRST woman To FLY ACROSS THE ENGLISH channel - I am not afraid of ... AFRICAN-AMERICAN FoundER OF THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUNd - I never see what ... POET, THEORIST, AND FEMINIST CHANGE People want progress, but they don't want ...
... AMERICAN, FIRST woman To FLY ACROSS THE ENGLISH channel - I am not afraid of ... AFRICAN-AMERICAN FoundER OF THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUNd - I never see what ... POET, THEORIST, AND FEMINIST CHANGE People want progress, but they don't want ...
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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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