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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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Harriet Tubman: There was one...

Harriet Tubman: There was one...

There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for...

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Sojourner Truth: It is the...

Sojourner Truth: It is the...

It is the mind that makes the body.

Source:
-- Sojourner Truth, (Nov 18...

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Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

. . . the reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn...

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Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both...

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Emma Goldman: Methods and means...

Emma Goldman: Methods and means...

Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.

Source: My Further...

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Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

Dorothy Parker: You can't teach...

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Source: In The Algonquin Wits, ed. by...

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Dorothy Parker: Misfortune, and recited...

Dorothy Parker: Misfortune, and recited...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and...

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Marilyn vos Savant: The length of...

Marilyn vos Savant: The length of...

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than...

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Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Source: In Artists in...

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Jean Kerr: Life with Mary...

Jean Kerr: Life with Mary...

Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in...

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Erma Bombeck: Seize the moment....

Erma Bombeck: Seize the moment....

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert...

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Shirley Conran: You're never too...

Shirley Conran: You're never too...

You're never too old to grow up.

Source: Savages.
-- Shirley Conran, (Sep 21...

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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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Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Source: In Readers'...

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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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Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and...

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George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the...

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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Carson McCullers: Our hunger for...

Carson McCullers: Our hunger for...

Our hunger for foreign places and new ways has been with us [Americans] almost like a national disease. Our literature...

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