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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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Susanna Moodie: I have no...

Susanna Moodie: I have no...

I have no wish for a second husband. l had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am not...

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

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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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Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Ah, what a grand, glorious day this has been. The dawn of freedom which it heralds may not break upon us at once; but...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Ain't nobody going to censor me, no, sir! I'm a hundred and one years old, and at my age, honey, I can say what I...

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Marian Anderson: I always bear...

Marian Anderson: I always bear...

I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.

Source: In Vassar...

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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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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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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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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: All of my...

All of my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

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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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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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Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is concerned, blooms freely and...

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bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we...

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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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