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Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Clementine Paddleford: Beer is the...

Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.

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Marya Mannes: The process of...

Marya Mannes: The process of...

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself...

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Dorothy Thompson: Inventive man has...

Dorothy Thompson: Inventive man has...

Inventive man has invented nothing -- nothing from scratch. If he has produced a machine that in motion overcomes the...

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Dorothy Dix: I have learned...

Dorothy Dix: I have learned...

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of...

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Jane Howard: Call it a...

Jane Howard: Call it a...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need...

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Isabel Burton: He who knows...

Isabel Burton: He who knows...

He who knows not and knows not he knows not:? he is a fool -- shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not:?...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: Worship your heroes...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: Worship your heroes...

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Marge Piercy: When I work...

Marge Piercy: When I work...

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting...

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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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Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

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Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my...

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Kate Millett: The image of...

Kate Millett: The image of...

The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their...

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Kate Millett: Many women do...

Kate Millett: Many women do...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: All those golden...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: All those golden...

All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings...

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Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of...

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Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that He only gives it to us moment by moment. He...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Source:...

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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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Helen Keller: I am only...

Helen Keller: I am only...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do...

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Julia Child: I think the...

Julia Child: I think the...

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. ...

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