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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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Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

Mary McLeod Bethune: From the first,...

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

Source: In Newsweek, 8 Jun...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Source: In The...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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M F K Fisher: In America we...

M F K Fisher: In America we...

In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation...

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Karen Horney: Is not the...

Karen Horney: Is not the...

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of...

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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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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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Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Barbara De Angelis: Men aren't the...

Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

Source: In...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

[O]thers live on in a careless and lukewarm state -- not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: Into each life, some...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: [T]he food choice...

[T]he food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those...

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Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with...

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Katherine Dunham: We weren't pushing...

Katherine Dunham: We weren't pushing...

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

Source: In American...

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Mae West: Too much of...

Mae West: Too much of...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Source: Mae West: Emotion in Motion, by...

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Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of...

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