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Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Anne Frank: Who would ever...

Who would ever think that so much can go on in the soul of a young girl?

Source:...

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Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

Helen Keller: The most pathetic...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision.

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Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

Julia Child: It's so beautifully...

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -- you know someone's fingers have been all over...

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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: I wonder if...

Kate Chopin: I wonder if...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of...

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Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Gloria Steinem: . . ....

Gloria Steinem: . . ....

. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be...

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Emily Bronte: I am now...

Emily Bronte: I am now...

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

The naked intellect is an extraordinary inaccurate instrument.

Source: A Wind in...

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Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can...

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Source: This is My Story,...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Barbara Jordan: I never intended...

Barbara Jordan: I never intended...

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

Source:
-- Barbara Jordan,...

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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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Eva Peron: If I fall,...

Eva Peron: If I fall,...

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

Source:...

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