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Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

What its children become, that will the community become.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Grudge no expense...

Maria Weston Chapman: Grudge no expense...

Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the...

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Dolores Huerta: Giving kids clothes...

Dolores Huerta: Giving kids clothes...

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides...

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Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

Andrea Dworkin: The will to...

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once...

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Irene Thomas: The cello is...

Irene Thomas: The cello is...

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a...

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Margaret Anderson: . . ....

Margaret Anderson: . . ....

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: The modern woman...

Adela Rogers St Johns: The modern woman...

The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the...

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Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical...

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Marya Mannes: In our society...

Marya Mannes: In our society...

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend...

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Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

Louise Nevelson: A woman may...

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that...

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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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Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

Source: In Words...

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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

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Shelley Long: If brains were...

Shelley Long: If brains were...

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

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Ethel Merman: Always give them...

Ethel Merman: Always give them...

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

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Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Source: Interview - 1985.
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Pearl Bailey: The first and...

Pearl Bailey: The first and...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

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Oprah Winfrey: I think education...

Oprah Winfrey: I think education...

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the...

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Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot...

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Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a...

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