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Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.

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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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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: To throw obstacles...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: To throw obstacles...

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.

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Marian Wright Edelman: Education is a...

Marian Wright Edelman: Education is a...

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Source: c. 1988.
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Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Sylvia Pankhurst: Love and freedom...

Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.

Source:...

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Dora Russell: We do not...

Dora Russell: We do not...

We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust...

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Dora Russell: We have heeded...

Dora Russell: We have heeded...

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love...

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Dora Russell: We want better...

Dora Russell: We want better...

We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

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Maya Angelou: Black women have...

Maya Angelou: Black women have...

Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the...

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Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Ann Landers: Bragging is not...

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an...

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Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Eileen Caddy: Dwell not on...

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do...

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Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Susan Sontag: All. . ....

Susan Sontag: All. . ....

All. . . forms of consensus about great books and perennial problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually...

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Rebecca West: There is no...

Rebecca West: There is no...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital...

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Rebecca West: Everyone realizes that...

Rebecca West: Everyone realizes that...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized...

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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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Judith Crist: In this era...

Judith Crist: In this era...

In this era of affluence and of permissiveness, we have, in all but cultural areas, bred a nation of overprivileged...

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Jamaica Kincaid: My disappointments stand...

Jamaica Kincaid: My disappointments stand...

My disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me.

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Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

The 3 questions of greatest concern are:, 1) Is it attractive?, 2) Is it amusing?, 3) Does it know its...

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