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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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Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Excellence in education...

Excellence in education need not mean elitism, and equity need not mean mediocrity.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

Joyce Brothers: If Shakespeare had...

If Shakespeare had had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Prayer is more...

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a...

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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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Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with...

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Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Lillian Carter: Jimmy says he'll...

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to -- to balance the family...

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St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

St Teresa of Avila: How is it...

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: So long has...

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own...

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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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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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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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Frances Perkins: Being a woman...

Frances Perkins: Being a woman...

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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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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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 Montessori: The only language...

Maria Montessori: The only language...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them...

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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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