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There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.
Erica Jong
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Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.
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The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
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You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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