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Helen Keller: I am only...

Helen Keller: I am only...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do...

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Martha Beck: Any transition serious...

Martha Beck: Any transition serious...

Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of...

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Anne Frank: We all live...

Anne Frank: We all live...

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the...

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Tillie Olsen: I could not...

Tillie Olsen: I could not...

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special...

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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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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Maria Edgeworth: How success changes...

Maria Edgeworth: How success changes...

How success changes the opinion of men!

Source: The Will, 1800.
-- Maria...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

Barbara Jordan: We must exchange...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of...

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Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

Barbara Mikulski: The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch...

The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not...

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Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.

Source: Reply to...

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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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Elizabeth II: It is easy...

Elizabeth II: It is easy...

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular...

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Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for...

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Paule Marshall: Once a great...

Paule Marshall: Once a great...

Once a great wrong has been done, it never dies. People speak the words of peace, but their hearts do not forgive....

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Marguerite Duras: You have to...

Marguerite Duras: You have to...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're...

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