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Marie Anne du Deffand: Distance doesn't matter:...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Distance doesn't matter:...

Distance doesn't matter: it is only the first step that is difficult.

Source:...

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Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

If Shakespeare had had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a...

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Hannah Arendt: The most radical...

Hannah Arendt: The most radical...

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

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Suzanne K Langer: Every artistic form...

Suzanne K Langer: Every artistic form...

Every artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

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Geraldine Chaplin: When I'm depressed...

Geraldine Chaplin: When I'm depressed...

When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his [Charlie Chaplin]...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.

Source: In The Forbes...

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Sarah Winnemucca: The saddest day...

Sarah Winnemucca: The saddest day...

The saddest day hath gleams of light,
The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it,
The twinkles o'er the...

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Han Suyin: Truth, like surgery,...

Han Suyin: Truth, like surgery,...

Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.

Source: A Many Spendored Thing.
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Frances Perkins: Being a woman...

Frances Perkins: Being a woman...

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Excellence in education need not mean elitism, and equity need not mean mediocrity.

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. [W]e are guardian of rights,...

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Bella Abzug: They are a...

Bella Abzug: They are a...

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in...

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Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work, for life is...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: The most wasteful...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: The most wasteful...

The most wasteful brain drain in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink.

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Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to -- to balance the family...

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Maria Montessori: The only language...

Maria Montessori: The only language...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own...

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