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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: I thought I...

I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that...

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word,...

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Peace Pilgrim: As I lived...

Peace Pilgrim: As I lived...

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

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Ella Baker: The major job...

Ella Baker: The major job...

The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it...

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Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

Source: In...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

I have long felt that the trouble with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: We learn the...

Ethel Percy Andrus: We learn the...

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to...

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Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Amy Strum Alcott: Concentrate, play your...

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Maria Mitchell: The world of...

Maria Mitchell: The world of...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve,...

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Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Rachel Carson: Beginnings are apt...

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the...

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Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

Charleszetta Waddles: . ....

. . . I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing,...

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Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Source:...

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Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are...

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Karen Horney: Is not the...

Karen Horney: Is not the...

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of...

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Anna Julia Cooper: It these broken...

Anna Julia Cooper: It these broken...

It these broken utterances can in any way help to a clearer vision and a truer pulse-beat in studying the Nation's...

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Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Maria Montessori: Discipline must come...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

Source: In Newsweek, 8 Jun...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Worry is a...

Corrie Ten Boom: Worry is a...

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Source:...

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