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Sarah Winnemucca: Most of teachers...

Sarah Winnemucca: Most of teachers...

Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary....

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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Indira Gandhi: A nation' s...

Indira Gandhi: A nation' s...

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from...

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Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content when I cannot be mended and patient...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it . . . . That does not...

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Anita Roddick: If you do...

Anita Roddick: If you do...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first be different, be just.

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Rachel Carson: It is a...

Rachel Carson: It is a...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to...

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Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

Kate Chopin: He greatly valued...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Brigitte Bardot: If we don't...

Brigitte Bardot: If we don't...

If we don't get an answer, we will, strengthened by the support we receive, try to overthrow the...

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Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are...

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Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

Amy Strum Alcott: The pressure of...

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Once you've been No. 1, you can never be satisfied with less.

Source: In Fire Over...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: What is my...

What is my task? To get the gospel around the world in the shortest possible time to every man and woman and boy and...

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Mary Baker Eddy: Truth is immortal;...

Mary Baker Eddy: Truth is immortal;...

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

. . . I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing,...

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Andrea Dworkin: The argument between...

Andrea Dworkin: The argument between...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the...

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Barbara Tuchman: What his imagination...

Barbara Tuchman: What his imagination...

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection,...

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Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Barbara Bush: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people --...

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