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Althea Gibson: In the field...

Althea Gibson: In the field...

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you...

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Han Suyin: There is nothing...

Han Suyin: There is nothing...

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Source: A Many Spendored...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: O Hope! dazzling,...

O Hope! dazzling, radiant Hope! -- What a change thou bringest to the hopeless; brightening the darkened paths, and...

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Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

It seems to me that the effect of having other interests beyond those exclusively domestic works well. The more one...

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Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the...

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Lucretia Mott: I resolved to...

Lucretia Mott: I resolved to...

I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted...

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Mae West: Too much of...

Mae West: Too much of...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Source: Mae West: Emotion in Motion, by...

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Frances Perkins: But with the...

Frances Perkins: But with the...

But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan...

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Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well,...

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Francesca Annis: It's like a...

Francesca Annis: It's like a...

It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try...

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Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high...

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Anouk Aimee: It's so much...

Anouk Aimee: It's so much...

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen --...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing . . . Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

Source: On...

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Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a...

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Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

Source:...

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Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's...

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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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Althea Gibson: Being champion is...

Althea Gibson: Being champion is...

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Source: On...

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Nina Simone: How do you...

Nina Simone: How do you...

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and...

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