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Tammy Faye Bakker: You can educate...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You can educate...

You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

Source: In Observer...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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bell hooks: . . .there...

bell hooks: . . .there...

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions,...

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Maria Mitchell: Every formula which...

Maria Mitchell: Every formula which...

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Source:...

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Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

[D]azzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level,...

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Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life...

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bell hooks: It is poetry...

bell hooks: It is poetry...

It is poetry that changes everything.

Source: Black Is a Woman's Color, 1989.
--...

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Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: They are so...

Ellen Swallow Richards: They are so...

They are so afraid we shall break down, and you know the reputation of the college is at stake, for the question is,...

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Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

When people realize that in the long run you may be turning off the audiences more, even though they will look...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The world cannot...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The world cannot...

The world cannot afford the loss of the talents of half its people if we are to solve the many problems that beset...

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Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

Barbara McClintock: I've just been...

I've just been so interested in what I was doing [genetic research] that I never thought of stopping, and I just hated...

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Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

Source: In...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Let us never confuse stability with stagnation.

Source:
-- Mary Jean LeTendre,...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I hear nothings,...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I hear nothings,...

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

When I teach people, I marry them.

Source: Teacher, 1963.
-- Sylvia...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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