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Mary Robinson: The fifth province...

Mary Robinson: The fifth province...

The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is...

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Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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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: Each of us...

Maya Angelou: Each of us...

Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead and . . . if the future road looms...

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Rebecca West: Journalism - an...

Rebecca West: Journalism - an...

Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Source: The New...

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Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Old age is the verdict of life.

Source: All the Days of My Life, ch. 26,...

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Sojourner Truth: I am glad...

Sojourner Truth: I am glad...

I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I...

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Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Source: In...

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Dorothea Brande: There are seeds...

Dorothea Brande: There are seeds...

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to...

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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.

Source:
-- Helen...

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Rose Kennedy: Birds sing after...

Rose Kennedy: Birds sing after...

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Help Nature and...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Help Nature and...

Help Nature and work on with her; and Nature will regard thee as one of her creators . . . she will lay bare before...

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Linda Ellerbee: How is it...

Linda Ellerbee: How is it...

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew,...

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Irene Thomas: I had a...

Irene Thomas: I had a...

I had a friend with a BYRon (297) telephone number; it's the old London exchanges, killed by the Postmaster...

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Patricia Fripp: You are no...

Patricia Fripp: You are no...

You are no more exempt from time's inexorable passing than Macbeth. Whether time is your friend or foe depends on how...

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Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

Source:...

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Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Pamela Hansford Johnson: Be fond of...

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with...

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