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Helen Keller: A child ....

Helen Keller: A child ....

A child . . . must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to...

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Martha Beck: Whoever said love...

Martha Beck: Whoever said love...

Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest...

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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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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already...

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Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

Anne Frank: How wonderful it...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong,
The women have leaped from their spheres,
And, instead of...

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Harriet Tubman: I had crossed...

Harriet Tubman: I had crossed...

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land...

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Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

She had her reward! -- that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious --...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take...

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Dolores Huerta: Among poor people,...

Dolores Huerta: Among poor people,...

Among poor people, there's not any question about women being strong -- even stronger than men -- they work in the...

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Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Art can only be truly Art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior...

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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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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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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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Rona Barrett: Sophia Loren is...

Rona Barrett: Sophia Loren is...

Sophia Loren is the embodiment of what a woman should be -- the epitome of femaleness. Most of the young people today...

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Mignon McLaughlin: If I knew...

Mignon McLaughlin: If I knew...

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.

Source: The Second...

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Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

Martha Gellhorn: I see mysteries...

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical...

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Maya Angelou: There's a world...

Maya Angelou: There's a world...

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

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Maya Angelou: Children's talent to...

Maya Angelou: Children's talent to...

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Source: I...

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Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Maya Angelou: Life loves the...

Life loves the liver of it.

Source: The Black Scholar Interviews Maya Angelou, Jan...

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