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Debbi Fields: Good enough never...

Debbi Fields: Good enough never...

Good enough never is has become the motto of this company.

Source: In Words of...

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Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to...

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Barbara Bush: You don't just...

Barbara Bush: You don't just...

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is...

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Barbara Jordan: I live a...

Barbara Jordan: I live a...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing...

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Carol Moseley-Braun: All I really...

Carol Moseley-Braun: All I really...

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill...

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Margaret Mead: Never doubt that...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing...

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George Sand: One approaches the...

George Sand: One approaches the...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

Source:...

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Colette: You do not...

Colette: You do not...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

Source: My Apprenticeships,...

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Ariel Durant: One of the...

Ariel Durant: One of the...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to...

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Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great...

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Margot Asquith: He has a...

Margot Asquith: He has a...

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

Source: Referring to Sir Stafford...

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Margot Asquith: To marry a...

Margot Asquith: To marry a...

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Source: Quoted in: Gods, in Adam, no. 299...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize...

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Karen Horney: There is no...

Karen Horney: There is no...

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Jane Austen: All the privilege...

Jane Austen: All the privilege...

All the privilege I claim for my own sex . . . is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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