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Rosa Parks: It was not...

Rosa Parks: It was not...

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made and demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his...

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Margaret Fuller: It is not...

Margaret Fuller: It is not...

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: God stirs up...

Hannah Whitall Smith: God stirs up...

God stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Thus far, women...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Thus far, women...

Thus far, women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs...

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Marian Wright Edelman: Being considerate of...

Marian Wright Edelman: Being considerate of...

Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional...

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Lucy Stone: To make the...

Lucy Stone: To make the...

To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of...

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Susan Faludi: The demand that...

Susan Faludi: The demand that...

The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

Barbara Ehrenreich: So why do...

So why do people keep on watching? The answer, by now, should be perfectly obvious: we love television because...

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Maya Angelou: I speak to...

Maya Angelou: I speak to...

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition -- about what we can endure, dream,...

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Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and...

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Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do...

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Eileen Caddy: Life is full...

Eileen Caddy: Life is full...

Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to...

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Diane Trilling: Touch a university...

Diane Trilling: Touch a university...

Touch a university with hostile hands and the blood you draw is prompt, copious, and real.

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Susan Sontag: AIDS occupies such...

Susan Sontag: AIDS occupies such...

AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very...

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Judith Martin: It is far...

Judith Martin: It is far...

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

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Gail Parent: Do you want...

Gail Parent: Do you want...

Do you want to live in a world where a man Iies about calories?

Source: The Facts,...

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Billie Holiday: If you think...

Billie Holiday: If you think...

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case...

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Betty Hutton: Then the ceiling...

Betty Hutton: Then the ceiling...

Then the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out
I went into a spin and I started to shout
I've been hit. This...

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Imelda Marcos: I was no...

Imelda Marcos: I was no...

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to...

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Sara Teasdale: I make the...

Sara Teasdale: I make the...

I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.


Source: The...

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