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Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

Suzanne LaFollette: What its children...

What its children become, that will the community become.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

Ethel Percy Andrus: It is only...

It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Source: In The...

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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.

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Independence I have...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Independence I have...

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will...

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Anne Frank: If I talk,...

Anne Frank: If I talk,...

If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get...

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Alice James: I make it...

Alice James: I make it...

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty...

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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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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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Martha Beck: The power to...

Martha Beck: The power to...

The power to bring me out of solitude or to push me back into it had never belonged to another person. It was mine and...

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Diane Sawyer: I think the...

Diane Sawyer: I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Barbara Walters: A great many...

Barbara Walters: A great many...

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

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Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their...

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Patricia Fripp: Saying yes to...

Patricia Fripp: Saying yes to...

Saying yes to yourself means acknowledging what you have that's good and working on the things that...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it...

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Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

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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: Here on the...

Maya Angelou: Here on the...

Here on the pulse of this new day,
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes,...

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Marion Woodman: The body is...

Marion Woodman: The body is...

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.

Source: A...

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Eileen Caddy: Seek always for...

Eileen Caddy: Seek always for...

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their...

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