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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Employment and ennui are simply incompatible.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

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Marie Curie: Nothing in life...

Marie Curie: Nothing in life...

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Source: In Peter's...

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Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

Source: But I...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their...

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Barbara Jordan: Education remains the...

Barbara Jordan: Education remains the...

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Source: In...

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Carter Heyward: It's obvious throughout...

Carter Heyward: It's obvious throughout...

It's obvious throughout secular and church history that significant legislation follows only after dramatic...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Hannah Arendt: Promises are the...

Hannah Arendt: Promises are the...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the surest test of discipline is its absence.

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: In the past,...

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

Source: In Words...

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in...

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Shirley Hufstedler: I empathize with...

Shirley Hufstedler: I empathize with...

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Source: Composing a Life,...

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