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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Life means work, and hard work, if you mean to succeed.

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-- Jennie...

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

If it's a good idea . . . go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get...

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Alice Walker: People tend to...

Alice Walker: People tend to...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only...

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Jane Rule: I believe only...

Jane Rule: I believe only...

I believe only in art and failure.

Source: This is Not for You, 1970.
-- Jane...

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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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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
-- Daphne...

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Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that...

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Toni Morrison: Most of our...

Toni Morrison: Most of our...

Most of our lives are spent in little towns, little towns all throughout the country. That's where we live. And...

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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Margot Asquith: To marry a...

Margot Asquith: To marry a...

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had...

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Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice...

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Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I...

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Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to...

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Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They...

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Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Vice president -- it has such a nice ring to it!

Source: Accepting Walter F...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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