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Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

~Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Topics: Awakening Classes Few Fitted Necessity Ordinary Useful Which Willing Women Work

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My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: American Born Brazil Communal Corrupt Democracy Dictatorship Europe Existence Experiment Few Filthy Grew He His Husband Israel Lived Living Moved Out Socialist Spent Twenties Up Utopian Various Where While Years

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Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Blew Few Figure Hall Head How Last Last Few Years Magnificent Me More Nothing Off Out Put Read She Still Straight Than Thing Three Times Together Top Trying Which Wolf Years

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Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Again Always Enough Every Few Finally Hell Like Maybe Now Page Pick Smart Sophisticated Think Try Ulysses Understand Up Years I Think

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There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Being Books Character Fantasy Few Fiction Main Main Character Old Person Relatively Science Science Fiction

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The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that I get or a lot of readers, which I was lucky enough to get with 'Olive.' I feel responsible to them, to deliver something as truthful and straight as I can.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Always Deliver Enough Fact Feel Few Get High Lot Lucky Matter Olive Reader Readers Really Responsibility Responsible Sense Something Straight Them Truthful Whether Which I Feel I Can

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There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people.

~Elizabeth Warren

Topics: Argue Decision-Making Few Few People People Table Very Workers

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I knew from the start that I wanted my life to be about music. I taught myself the notes of the piano aged three, and then I spent the next few years deconstructing chords to figure out how to play them. At 11, I researched online the sort of music school I wanted to attend, printed out the details, and handed them to my parents.

~Ella Henderson

Topics: About Aged Attend Chords Details Few Figure Handed How Knew Life Music My Life Myself Next Notes Online Out Parents Piano Play Printed School Sort Spent Start Taught Them Then Three Wanted Years

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I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

~Ella Maillart

Topics: Abroad Few Foreign Go Had Languages Learn Therefore Wanted

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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Topics: Back Few Kick Miles Only Pants Pat Results Ahead

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