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Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All talk of...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All talk of...

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Once you've been No. 1, you can never be satisfied with less.

Source: In Fire Over...

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Anita Roddick: If you do...

Anita Roddick: If you do...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first be different, be just.

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Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!

Source:...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: As for accomplishments,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: As for accomplishments,...

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Source:...

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St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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Clare Boothe Luce: If God had...

Clare Boothe Luce: If God had...

If God had wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain?

Source:...

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Jane Addams: Civilization is a...

Jane Addams: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

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Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

Source:...

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Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell...

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Marie Curie: I have no...

Marie Curie: I have no...

I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be...

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St Teresa of Avila: If we plant...

St Teresa of Avila: If we plant...

If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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Indira Gandhi: My grandfather once...

Indira Gandhi: My grandfather once...

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit....

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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