Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant RemarksWit and wisdom from A to Z—a super-size collection of quotes from inspiring women throughout the ages, 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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—CLAUDETTE COLBERT (1903–1996) • 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 ...
—CLAUDETTE COLBERT (1903–1996) • 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 ...
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If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for? —Alice walker (1944–). AFRICAN-AMERICAN writeR AND POET - It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see.
If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for? —Alice walker (1944–). AFRICAN-AMERICAN writeR AND POET - It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see.
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AMERICAN LYRICAL POET - “AWARDS.” The greatest award given to me was by the firemen and policemen at Ground Zero. They said, we've been here looking for our friends, and we'd go home at night, turn on the television, and you were there, ...
AMERICAN LYRICAL POET - “AWARDS.” The greatest award given to me was by the firemen and policemen at Ground Zero. They said, we've been here looking for our friends, and we'd go home at night, turn on the television, and you were there, ...
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AMERICAN WRITER - No matter what your fight, don't be ladylike! ... 20th/21st-cENTURY AMERICAN WRITER - Being powerful is like being a lady. ... It is economical. It saves going to Heaven. —EMily Dickinson (1830–1886). AMERICAN POET ...
AMERICAN WRITER - No matter what your fight, don't be ladylike! ... 20th/21st-cENTURY AMERICAN WRITER - Being powerful is like being a lady. ... It is economical. It saves going to Heaven. —EMily Dickinson (1830–1886). AMERICAN POET ...
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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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| Título | Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks |
| Autor | Karen Weekes |
| Editora | Quirk Books, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1594745455, 9781594745454 |
| Número de páginas | 480 páginas |
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