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Imelda Marcos: I did not...

Imelda Marcos: I did not...

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

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Martha Washington: I very linearly...

Martha Washington: I very linearly...

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without...

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Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

Rosalynn Carter: I had already...

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in...

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Alice James: I make it...

Alice James: I make it...

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty...

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Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Ellen Goodman: Traditions are the...

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep into our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even...

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Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Jane Howard: Anthropology [was] the...

Anthropology [was] the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the...

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Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

Marian Wright Edelman: We must not,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The beginning is...

The beginning is always today.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven; an...

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Wilma Rudolph: What do you...

Wilma Rudolph: What do you...

What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and...

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Marilyn French: One thing that...

Marilyn French: One thing that...

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape. . . it allows us to fix our emotions...

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Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost.

Source: In The...

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Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

She had her reward! -- that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious --...

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Margaret Fuller: It is not...

Margaret Fuller: It is not...

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made...

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Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Source: In The...

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Helen Keller: There is plenty...

Helen Keller: There is plenty...

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

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Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

I think laughter may be a form of courage. . . . As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh,...

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Julia Child: Non cooks think...

Julia Child: Non cooks think...

Non cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so...

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Harriet Van Horne: The time of...

Harriet Van Horne: The time of...

The time of the rack and the screws is come. Summer television has set in with its usual severity. And the small...

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Maya Angelou: Children's talent to...

Maya Angelou: Children's talent to...

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Source: I...

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