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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... one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. —CHARLOTTEGRAY (1948-). ENGLISH-BORN CANADIAN JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN - My cat does not talk as ...
... one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. —CHARLOTTEGRAY (1948-). ENGLISH-BORN CANADIAN JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN - My cat does not talk as ...
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... one's ability to persuade. —RuTH BADER Ginsburg (1933–). U.S. SUPREME court Justice - Eating without conversation is only stoking. –Marcelene cox. 20th-century Anerican writer - Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the ...
... one's ability to persuade. —RuTH BADER Ginsburg (1933–). U.S. SUPREME court Justice - Eating without conversation is only stoking. –Marcelene cox. 20th-century Anerican writer - Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the ...
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... that life exacts for granting peace. –AMELIA EARHART (1897–1937) PIONEERING AMERICAN AWIATOR: FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS PACIFIC COURAGE Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 89 “C00PERATION” ...
... that life exacts for granting peace. –AMELIA EARHART (1897–1937) PIONEERING AMERICAN AWIATOR: FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS PACIFIC COURAGE Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 89 “C00PERATION” ...
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... one's courage. —ANAïs Nin. FRENCHWRITER AND DIARIST - But there are no new ideas waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans. There are only old and forgotten ones, new combinations, extrapolations, and recognitions from within ...
... one's courage. —ANAïs Nin. FRENCHWRITER AND DIARIST - But there are no new ideas waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans. There are only old and forgotten ones, new combinations, extrapolations, and recognitions from within ...
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