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Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

Ella T Grasso: I'm opposed to...

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of...

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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: You seem to...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: You seem to...

You seem to have no real purpose in life and won't realize at the age of twenty-two that for a man life means work,...

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Jane Austen: One does not...

Jane Austen: One does not...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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Olive Schreiner: We all enter...

Olive Schreiner: We all enter...

We all enter the world little plastic beings, with so much natural force, perhaps, but for the rest --blank; and the...

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Jessamyn West: Teaching is the...

Jessamyn West: Teaching is the...

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

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Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be...

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Berenice Abbott: I am so...

Berenice Abbott: I am so...

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute,...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

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Barbara Ward: There is no...

Barbara Ward: There is no...

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half...

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Anna Pavlova: No one can...

Anna Pavlova: No one can...

No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into...

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Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

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Judith Jamison: Every dancer lives...

Judith Jamison: Every dancer lives...

Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

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Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

Source: In The...

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