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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Though man a thinking being is defined,
Few use the grand prerogative of mind.
How few think justly of the...

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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
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Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.

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Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything...

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Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Germaine Greer: Human beings have...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called...

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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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Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys...

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Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

Helen Keller: No pessimist ever...

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or open a new heaven to the...

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Helen Keller: Although the world...

Helen Keller: Although the world...

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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Liz Smith: No matter who...

Liz Smith: No matter who...

No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!

Source: In...

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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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Marge Piercy: Love as if...

Marge Piercy: Love as if...

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

Source:
-- Marge Piercy, (Mar...

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Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Read good, big important things.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Peggy Noonan: Part of courage...

Peggy Noonan: Part of courage...

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

Barbara Jordan: I felt somehow...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Today, literate people...

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without...

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Marguerite de Valois: It is the...

Marguerite de Valois: It is the...

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Source:...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: Cowards falter, but...

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth I: I know I...

Elizabeth I: I know I...

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of...

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Elizabeth II: It is easy...

Elizabeth II: It is easy...

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular...

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