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Edith Nesbitt: Little brown brother,...

Edith Nesbitt: Little brown brother,...

Little brown brother, oh! lime brown brother,
Are you awake in the dark?


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Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

Minna Thomas Antrim: The morals of...

The morals of today are the immorals of yesterday, the creeds of tomorrow.

Source:...

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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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Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are...

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Freya Stark: There can be...

Freya Stark: There can be...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

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Jean Kerr: One of the...

Jean Kerr: One of the...

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because...

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Fran Lebowitz: The opposite of...

Fran Lebowitz: The opposite of...

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

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Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

Erma Bombeck: The bad times...

The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to...

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Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and...

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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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Rebecca West: Most works of...

Rebecca West: Most works of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Heads of state...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Heads of state...

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho...

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Peggy Noonan: The Irish are...

Peggy Noonan: The Irish are...

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings,...

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Simone de Beauvoir: In order for...

Simone de Beauvoir: In order for...

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing,...

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Helen Keller: Never bend your...

Helen Keller: Never bend your...

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

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Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Helen Keller: Keep your face...

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

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-- Helen...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested...

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Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Source: Move On.
-- Linda...

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Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

I'm not an American hero. I'm a person who loves children.

Source: In Words of...

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