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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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St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you...

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Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Fortunately, analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective...

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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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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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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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Corrie Ten Boom: Memories are the...

Corrie Ten Boom: Memories are the...

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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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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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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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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Eleanor Roosevelt: I believe that...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I believe that...

I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

When I teach people, I marry them.

Source: Teacher, 1963.
-- Sylvia...

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Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

Sarah Winnemucca: If you make...

If you make fun of bad persons you make yourself beneath them. . . . Be kind to bad and good, for you don't know your...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly...

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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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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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Kirstie Alley: People change, not...

Kirstie Alley: People change, not...

People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just...

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