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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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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.

Source:...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: Sit down and...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: Sit down and...

Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

Source: In Ms., Nov...

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Clare Boothe Luce: If God had...

Clare Boothe Luce: If God had...

If God had wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain?

Source:...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as...

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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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Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

Rachel Carson: The discipline of...

The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell...

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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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Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

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Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing . . . Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: If our people...

Mary McLeod Bethune: If our people...

If our people are to fight their way out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The success of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The success of...

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The will of...

The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public...

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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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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Macho does not...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Macho does not...

Macho does not prove mucho.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you...

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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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Martina Navratilova: I came to...

Martina Navratilova: I came to...

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been...

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