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Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Once you've been...

Once you've been No. 1, you can never be satisfied with less.

Source: In Fire Over...

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Ella T Grasso: I would not...

Ella T Grasso: I would not...

I would not be President because I do not aspire to be President. But l'm sure that a woman will be President. When? I...

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Ella T Grasso: It is not...

Ella T Grasso: It is not...

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about...

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Althea Gibson: I think I've...

Althea Gibson: I think I've...

I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

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Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile...

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Source: From a collection of quotations found on...

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Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Amelia Earhart: Obviously I faced...

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really...

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Lucretia Mott: I resolved to...

Lucretia Mott: I resolved to...

I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted...

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Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.

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Marie Curie: [H]umanity also needs...

Marie Curie: [H]umanity also needs...

[H]umanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it...

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Emily James Putnam: Maternity is on...

Emily James Putnam: Maternity is on...

Maternity is on the face of it an unsocial experience.

Source: Introduction, The...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: What we have...

What we have to do . . . is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our...

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Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

Source:...

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Mae West: I'm no model...

Mae West: I'm no model...

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Source: In An...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: The emancipation of...

Sylvia Pankhurst: The emancipation of...

The emancipation of today displays itself mainly in cigarettes and shorts. . . painted lips and nails, and the return...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: With children no...

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their...

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Ivy Baker Priest: Great opportunities to...

Ivy Baker Priest: Great opportunities to...

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones come daily.

Source:...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: He is gone,...

He is gone, but his shadow still stands over all of us. It still dictates to us and we, very often,...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Corrie Ten Boom: Any concern too...

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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Chris Evert Lloyd: The great high...

Chris Evert Lloyd: The great high...

The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have...

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