You know the old adage: give a woman a bag and she'll fill it for a day. Teach a woman to pack and she'll fill every damn bag she owns (or something of that ilk).
Annmarie O'Connor
Related My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang ... JOE FRAZIER I am my own woman. EVITA PERóN To play a bag woman is brave for any woman. DAPHNE ZUNIGA The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. MAE WEST There are no ugly women, only lazy ones HELENA RUBINSTEIN Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she mana... LESLIE MCINTYRE Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky DEBORAH KERR Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk,... PETRONIUS If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't... HELEN LAWRENSON Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn... CLARE BOOTHE LUCE The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could g... BETTY GRABLE Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. JOSEPH CONRAD There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad dayl... WASHINGTON IRVING [He considers me] just a uterus with legs. MARY BETH WHITEHEAD A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing.... BARNEY ROSS My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow. BILL COSBY I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd... BARNEY ROSS Fred Zinnemann, on From Here To Eternity and The Sundowners really brings out of me, in a completely... DEBORAH KERR They need to understand they have to do something post secondary. Work is inevitable. They have to p... DEBORAH KERR History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The beauty of a woman may be the root of all evil.
but the beauty is a only seen, your eyes wants to... ARVIND YADAV A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm EDGAR SALTUS A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a full human being has noth... ENRIQUETA LONGAUEX-VASQUEZ I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. SEX AND THE CITY The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived GEORGE JAMES Nudity is fun, especially out of doors, but it is far more erotic when the wrappings are only partly... CHLOE THURLOW Underwear is the female second skin. CHLOE THURLOW When you undress a woman you discover in her lingerie clues to her mood and desires. These whispers ... CHLOE THURLOW When the candles are out all women are fair PLUTARCH Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate. JANE RULE She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way... EMILY POST So few grown women like their lives KATHARINE GRAHAM Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers. GLORIA STEINEM You touch a screen to turn off lights in a room or activate the alarm system. The home owner can als... GEORGE JAMES Women are looking for good father material. He can mention the fact that he knows how to coach Littl... LORI GOTTLIEB The architecture of a woman's body is really amazing SOTONYE ANGA I suppose the part nearest me is Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy. Of course playright Bob Anderso... DEBORAH KERR How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter... MINNA ANTRIM I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectu... JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive ... JOAQUIN MILLER You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Ghosts don't live in a shell. They live in our fears. ANTHONY T.HINCKS (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water NANCY REAGAN When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS The glorification of the "'woman's role," then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance to... BETTY FRIEDAN The soul that feeds on books alone --/ I count that soul exceeding small / That lives alone by book ... JOAQUIN MILLER Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so. HELENA RUBINSTEIN I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for... JANE RULE I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looki... SHANIA TWAIN Înţelege tot. Eu îl insult şi el mă urăşte. Sau invers" rîdea el. GIOVANNI ARPINO Mai tii minte cat visai? Mai visezi? GIOVANNI ARPINO Ideally a woman should not have a career unless it is necessary for the financial stability of the m... MELISSA SADOFF When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age VOLTAIRE Did you see more glass? J.D. SALINGER She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ... J.D. SALINGER Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm t... CAITLIN MORAN - I tak nieźle sobie pożyłem. - Co to za życie? – powiedział ojciec.- Nic tylko kłamstw... CHARLES BUKOWSKI What people dont know about you people create. Imagination is a part of being human. They fill in th... R.M. ENGELHARDT (TALON) A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of... PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN The witch reached into the picnic basket and pulled out a light brown chamois bag about the size of ... JANA OLIVER My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be conte... JANE RULE She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man? RITA MAE BROWN I've been accused of being a shell designer - you start with a machine and enclose it. But in ma... RAYMOND LOEWY It's loud, it's cheap, it's gaudy. It's like everything I've ever done - I LOVE IT! BETTY GRABLE I'm a non-believer. I don't believe in the existence of a God. I don't believe in the Christian dogm... JANE RULE The American watercolor scene today is about innovation and energy. GEORGE JAMES With home theater and media centers, there has been such an electronics boom within the last five ye... GEORGE JAMES Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. JANE RULE Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Invest in a couple of really good things - a great, classic coat; a good pair of shoes; and a timele... NINA GARCIA When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w... A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s... CARTER CROCKER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is no... NAOMI ALDERMAN You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS Bhulaney ke liay bhi tujhy yaad tu kerna hoga, Magar her yaad se hain wabasta teri hazaar baata... HUSEYN RAZA A new day simply means all our errors of the previous day has been forgiven us,we can now re-begin a... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I was a very unpredictable child. I'd pack a bag and go off and do a hike in the mountains for 1... KIESZA Third choice is a single woman who has that open look. You know it : The same woman you stop to ask ... GILLIAN FLYNN In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic commit... ESTHER DUFLO
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I was the victimised model, and everything ... ERIN O'CONNOR Winter is my favourite season. ERIN O'CONNOR My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR My perfect bag would be practical but also have the stylish element to it; it would be bold and colo... ERIN O'CONNOR I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. FLANNERY O'CONNOR Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe. FLANNERY O'CONNOR There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to d... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Life is full of surprises but you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Start there. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life's unpredictable path and length, should be enough to make you want to take a chance. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns ... 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