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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Clare Boothe Luce
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Clare Boothe Luce
Age: 84 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 10
Died: 1987
Died: October 9
Actor
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New York City
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Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.
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Greta Garbo: A deer in the body of a woman, living resentfully in the Hollywood zoo.
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Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.
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I don't have any warm personal enemies. All the SOBs have died.
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Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.
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I don't think my position unusual for a woman. I'm following a perfectly natural urge to do what I like.
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In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.
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I have never met a man [in the military], in or out of uniform, who ever said, Let's use the missiles. They are even more terrified that the Bishops, because a great many of them don't expect to go to Heaven, which at least the Bishops do.
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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce you get to sleep with your mother.
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Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'
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The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.
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Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
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