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Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Source: The Diary of a...

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Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the Secret Annexe. The title alone would be...

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Erma Bombeck: It is not...

Erma Bombeck: It is not...

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and...

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Marion Woodman: The connection between...

Marion Woodman: The connection between...

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul...

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Kate Chopin: The bird that...

Kate Chopin: The bird that...

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong...

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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: 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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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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Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Miriam Beard: Leisure for reverie,...

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Source: Realism in...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives women...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives women...

Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

Fannie Lou Hamer: But you see...

But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from...

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Dorothy Day: I have long...

Dorothy Day: I have long...

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their...

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Virginia Woolf: My own brain...

Virginia Woolf: My own brain...

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery --always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then...

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Kate Millett: The care of...

Kate Millett: The care of...

The care of children. . . is infinitely better left to the best-trained practitioners of both sexes who have chosen it...

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Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: There are few...

Mary Catherine Bateson: There are few...

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

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Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like...

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Freda Adler: The type of...

Freda Adler: The type of...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its...

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Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

Marguerite Duras: It's afterwards you...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved...

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