15 Quotes by Gina Barreca about women
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If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.
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A truly thoughtful lover would not attempt to arouse you with the subtlety of a chimp trying to dial a rotary phone.
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I will count my blessings when I am in the doldrums, count to ten when I am quarrelsome, and count on my friends when I need a laugh.
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Men fake sleep the way women fake orgasms: to be left alone already.
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From age sixteen to age twenty, a woman's body is a temple. From twenty-one to forty-five, it's an amusement park. From forty-five on, it's a terrarium.
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Not only do women hold up half the sky; we do it while carrying a 500-pound purse.
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I'd say it's time for women to make a stand. And it's far, far easier to make a stand when you're wearing comfortable shoes.
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Since little-girlhood, we're trained to find the Big Bad Wolf seductive.
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When the Apocalypse comes, you'll find me pushing Marie Antoinette out of the way and saying, 'Let me eat cake! Forget them; I want the cake! Two helpings! I have some friends with me! Is there coffee with the cake, Marie? I'm just asking.
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