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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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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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Pauline Kael: Art doesn't come...

Pauline Kael: Art doesn't come...

Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.

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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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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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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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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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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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Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

Charleszetta Waddles: You can have...

You can have all the intelligence in the world and don't have enough stamina. I have seen some very bright, bright...

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Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot...

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Clare Boothe Luce: There are no...

Clare Boothe Luce: There are no...

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

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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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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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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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Maya Angelou: There is a...

Maya Angelou: There is a...

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the...

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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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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith sees the...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith sees the...

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

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Mother Teresa: God doesn't require...

Mother Teresa: God doesn't require...

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

Source: In...

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Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problems than by its solution of...

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