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Miriam Makeba: People in the...

Miriam Makeba: People in the...

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are...

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Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit.

Source: Song title
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Madonna: I became an...

Madonna: I became an...

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world

Source: In The Speaker's...

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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It helped her...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: It helped her...

It helped her [Caroline] learn that something you create yourself is the best kind of...

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Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Source: In Tea and...

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Eleonora Duse: . . ....

Eleonora Duse: . . ....

. . . does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining...

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Coco Chanel: There is time...

Coco Chanel: There is time...

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Source: In...

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Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the...

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Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Lynda Barry: Love will make...

Love will make a way out of no way.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
-- Lynda Barry,...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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Berenice Abbott: I took to...

Berenice Abbott: I took to...

I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the...

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Louise Nevelson: The freer that...

Louise Nevelson: The freer that...

The freer that women become, the freer will men be. Because when you enslave someone, you are...

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Sara Teasdale: When I can...

Sara Teasdale: When I can...

When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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