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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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Rebecca West: If the whole...

Rebecca West: If the whole...

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at...

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Amelia Barr: The fate of...

Amelia Barr: The fate of...

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

Source: The Belle...

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Amelia Barr: Events that are...

Amelia Barr: Events that are...

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The American nation,...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: The American nation,...

The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of...

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Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are...

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Jane Addams: Unless our conception...

Jane Addams: Unless our conception...

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest...

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Dorothy Parker: This is not...

Dorothy Parker: This is not...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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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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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that...

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Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

People who concentrate on giving good service always get more personal satisfaction as well as better business. How...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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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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Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

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Margaret Fuller: Genius will live...

Margaret Fuller: Genius will live...

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Hannah Whitall Smith: Faith, like sight...

Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you...

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Charlotte Bunch: Our very strength...

Charlotte Bunch: Our very strength...

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

We must stand together; if we don't, there will be no victory for any one of us.

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Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

Phyllis Battelle: A reporter discovers,...

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive...

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